What are the symptoms of alcoholism in children?

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Recently, the news of children's alcoholism caused by cooling down with alcohol reappeared in the newspaper. Children's spleen and skin are delicate, and they can't decompose alcohol with high alcohol content. After ingestion, they will appear coma or even death. So, what are the symptoms of alcoholism in children? Let's have a look.

What are the symptoms of alcoholism in children?

1. Exciting period: the earliest, in this period of patients with eye congestion, flushing or pale, conscious vertigo, euphoria, easy to be excited, crying and laughing impermanence. Sometimes it's naive; Sometimes rude or too much speech, eloquent; It can also be manifested as vomiting, drowsiness, etc.

2. Ataxia: after the excitement, the patients showed confusion, incoherence, unclear words, etc; At the same time, the movements are clumsy, the body can't keep balance, and the gait is staggering.

3. Lethargy: if the amount of alcohol consumed continues to increase, it will turn into deep sleep, often accompanied by slow breathing, loud snoring, pale complexion, cold and wet skin, rapid heartbeat, decreased blood pressure and body temperature, vomiting and incontinence. Some children had headache and aspiration due to brain edema and hypoglycemia; Respiratory and circulatory failure or even death may occur in the later stage.

matters needing attention

1. Vomiting. Found that children with alcoholism, should quickly use fingers or tongue pressure plate to stimulate the throat emesis, in order to reduce the absorption of alcohol in the stomach. 2. Send to the doctor for gastric lavage. Then quickly go to the hospital for treatment. Generally, 1% sodium bicarbonate or clear water is used for gastric lavage. After gastric lavage, take it orally or inject strong tea, lemon juice or coffee into the stomach tube to further neutralize the residual alcohol. 3. Take medicine. For the children with hypoglycemia, deep respiratory depression or brain edema, timely supplement of high glucose, sedation, depression of intracranial pressure and other symptomatic treatment can reduce brain damage. Naloxone hydrochloride, a central nervous system stimulant, can relieve the inhibition of alcohol on the central nervous system and respiratory center, promote patients to wake up, improve the oxygen supply of cerebral cortex, and resist shock. It has the advantages of fast onset, and has good curative effect in the treatment of alcoholism.