Contents:
- Medical Video: Dangers of e-cigarettes, vaping and JUULs: How to talk to kids
- How can someone get nicotine poisoning?
- How many doses of nicotine can cause death?
- What are the signs of child nicotine poisoning?
- 1. Changes in vital signs
- 2. Problems with the digestive system
- 3. Problems with difficulty breathing
- 4. mental changes
- 5. Other changes
- Advice for parents
Medical Video: Dangers of e-cigarettes, vaping and JUULs: How to talk to kids
As we have seen, nicotine is a dangerous ingredient in cigarettes. Nicotine is an addictive substance that you can find in tobacco plants or in cigarette products, both in traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes which contain nicotine in liquid form. Nicotine is very dangerous, even you can experience nicotine poisoning until you die of nicotine.
How can someone get nicotine poisoning?
Nicotine can cause poisoning in three ways, namely if you swallow it, breathe it, or experience skin contact with nicotine (nicotine patch) Maybe you think you can't swallow nicotine, but what about your child? Indeed, nicotine poisoning usually occurs in children.
It's easy for children to experience nicotine poisoning. Children may consider cigarette butts in front of him as food, so he wants to try it and finally swallow it. Or, children might consider nicotine fluid in e-cigarettes as syrup because it has a variety of colors and flavors, so he then drinks it. Children really like to find out about things around them.
You need to be aware, especially if you are a parent of an e-cigarette user or vape, that e-cigarettes can be more dangerous for your child. Just a small amount of nicotine fluid from a vape that only reaches the child's mouth (sticks to the tongue), is drunk, or spills on a child's skin can cause nicotine poisoning, can even kill a child.
There have been many cases of nicotine poisoning that occur in children in this world and some cases cause children to die. One of the cases of nicotine poisoning that caused death to befall 1-year-old children in the United States in December 2014, as quoted from the page Healthy Children. Another case occurred in Israel in a 30-month-old girl who swallowed nicotine from her grandfather's electric cigarette. This girl also died after being taken to hospital.
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How many doses of nicotine can cause death?
The fatal dose of nicotine varies between ages.
- In people adult, the fatal dose of nicotine is 40 mg of nicotine.
- For children, the fatal dose of nicotine is 1 mg per 1 kg of body weight that the child has. For example, if your child is 3 years old and weighs 15 kg, 15 mg of nicotine that enters his body can make your child experience nicotine poisoning.
If your child swallows some tobacco on cigarette butts or drinks nicotine fluid (even if only slightly), you should immediately take your child to the doctor because it can be fatal.
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What are the signs of child nicotine poisoning?
Children who experience nicotine poisoning will show the following signs. These signs can appear immediately and occur for several hours after the child is exposed to nicotine.
1. Changes in vital signs
Exposure to nicotine that is too much received by the body can cause changes in heart rate and blood pressure. Child's heart rate can increase and then it can become slower (cardiac arrhythmias). Likewise the child's blood pressure can increase (hypertension) and then decrease below normal.
2. Problems with the digestive system
Children who experience nicotine poisoning can show signs of stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Children can also experience problems in their mouth, such as a feeling of heat in the mouth and throat, and an increase in the amount of saliva production.
3. Problems with difficulty breathing
Nicotine poisoning in children can also cause children to experience difficulty breathing, breathing children can pause. Children can also experience faster breathing.
4. mental changes
Not only problems with health, nicotine poisoning also causes mental problems in children. Children with nicotine poisoning can experience depression, anxiety, anxiety, excitement, and mental confusion.
5. Other changes
In addition to the above signs, children with nicotine poisoning also show signs, such as:
- Headache
- Muscles weaken
- Sweating
- Seizures
- Coma
- Cardiac arrest (cardiac arrest)
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Advice for parents
Because nicotine poisoning can be fatal to children, you as a parent should be more careful if you are a smoker. You should not smoke in front of your child, other than to prevent children from the dangers of cigarette smoke, also to avoid children from undesirable things such as nicotine poisoning.
Also, keep cigarettes, e-cigarettes, electric cigarette fillings, and other tools related to cigarettes out of the reach of your child. Put your cigarettes and smoking equipment in a safe place out of the reach of children.
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