There is a thermometer, which is cheap, easy to use and high in accuracy. It is a must-have item for many families.
It was a mercury thermometer, a small glass rod, which accompanied many people to grow up.
But in a few years, China will no longer produce this kind of thermometer, because mercury thermometers are unsafe.
@ Nanchang Evening News once reported a news that a 3-year-old baby in Jiangxi had a high fever and spent 50,000 yuan on treatment. I ate a lot and had a lot of injections. As a result, the thermometer broke.
Here's the story. When I was 3 years old, I was treated for half a year because of lung infection. It took five or six hundred thousand yuan to get from Jiangxi to Shanghai, and my condition finally stabilized.
Later, my father, Mr. Jiang, took a trip to a hospital in Zhejiang for rehabilitation.
On the third day of admission, the doctor said that the child had a fever, and his physical condition was very dangerous once he had a fever on the way.
This made Mr. Jiang very worried, but what worried him even more was that in the next 20 days, the doctors used various methods to reduce the fever, but the body temperature could not drop on the way.
"This medicine is just like hitting others, it has no effect at all!"
What is more strange is that the doctor and Mr. Jiang are helpless about the fact that he has a high fever, but his mental state is very good and the ct results are normal.
Until Mr. Jiang noticed a detail, in the hospital, every patient had a special mercury thermometer, and only when his son measured with this thermometer did he have a high fever. With other thermometers, he didn't burn at all.
Later, Mr. Jiang asked the nurse to change a new thermometer and found that the temperature difference between the old and new thermometers was about 2 degrees, which was obviously wrong.
This result is really unacceptable to Mr. Jiang. Spending money is a trivial matter. It is the injection, medicine and sin that children have suffered in these 20 days that are the major events.
Then why is this happening? The thermometer manufacturer replied that the product was qualified, which may be due to special circumstances during transportation that affected the product quality.
After that, Mr. Jiang found the relevant departments to identify the thermometers involved. At this time, pregnant mothers only hope that more than 20 days of drug injection treatment will not have much impact on the road.
There is not much news about the serious consequences caused by the error of mercury thermometer, so it is sent to remind parents that the real danger of water temperature thermometer is what parents should pay attention to.
1 year-old baby bites thermometer and swallows mercury poisoning!
Parents know that mercury is toxic, but young babies don't know that babies who like to explore the world with their hands and mouths are prone to danger once they come into contact with thermometers.
@ Global Network once reported a news that a female baby of 1 year old in Wuhan was curious and put it directly into her mouth because she got the mercury thermometer on the coffee table.
The thermometer was bitten directly, and when the busy mother in the kitchen found it, the baby had swallowed the mercury.
When I went to the hospital for examination, some mercury had entered the intestine, so I couldn't wash my stomach, so I could only induce vomiting and diarrhea.
Finally, the doctor asked parents to buy milk and soybean milk for their baby to drink, and use magnesium sulfate to urge diarrhea, so that mercury can be discharged as soon as possible.
This kind of news is not a case. Sometimes accidents happen when parents are not careful.
@ CCTV. Com has also reported this kind of news. A 2-year-old boy in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, accidentally bit the thermometer and swallowed mercury while taking his temperature.
When I went to the hospital for examination, the mercury had reached the child's stomach.
@ Look at the news report, a 3-year-old female treasure in Shanghai accidentally bit a thermometer, ate mercury by mistake, and was caught in a traffic jam on her way to the hospital. Fortunately, the police escorted her all the way and arrived at the hospital in the fastest time.
This situation is really thrilling to think about. Pregnant mothers remind parents that if there is a mercury thermometer at home, parents must put it away. Prevention is the most important. If conditions permit, replace the thermometer at home as soon as possible.
Because of breaking, biting and swallowing mercury thermometers, it may be really fatal if it is serious!
Small mercury thermometer, hidden danger is great!
Mercury, the scientific name of mercury, is very toxic and will volatilize.
The toxicity of mercury is terrible. Basically, the size of half an ear spoon can kill people, and this amount can be done with a mercury thermometer.
Adults will take preventive measures against such poisons that mainly harm infants and young children.
If the mercury thermometer is not put away properly, it will be used as a toy by children carelessly, causing damage, and the mercury beads inside will splash down and volatilize into the air, which will endanger human health.
① Air pollution leads to poisoning.
The harm of mercury thermometer mainly lies in the mercury vapor formed after crushing.
According to the project report of "Mercury-containing products and wastes in medical environment" jointly carried out by China and the United States in 2007, if all mercury evaporates after a mercury thermometer breaks down, the mercury concentration in the air can reach 22 in a room with a height of 15 square meter and 3 meters. 2 mg/m？ , higher than the national maximum allowable concentration of 0.0 1 mg/m? The mercury concentration is nearly 100 times higher.
The volatilization of mercury will make mercury vapor enter the digestive tract and respiratory tract, which may cause poisoning, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
② It is life-threatening to enter the blood.
If a child cuts the oral mucosa or skin when biting the thermometer, mercury will enter the blood along the wound, causing digestive tract perforation, kidney damage and renal failure, which is life-threatening.
Therefore, in order to prevent this dangerous injury, parents must do a good job of correct response and prevention. If a child breaks or bites the water temperature thermometer, remember three steps:
① Carefully take out the broken glass slag to prevent cutting the skin.
(2) Check whether the child has eaten mercury by mistake. If yes, immediately let the children take milk and soybean milk orally, so as to promote the combination of protein and mercury, protect the gastric mucosa, and seek medical attention in time.
If the child's skin is damaged, send him to the hospital immediately.
The most important thing is: if you must use a mercury thermometer, avoid children's contact with mercury thermometers and raise awareness of crisis! Prevention is always the most important.
The mercury thermometer is broken, so it is very important to deal with it!
Mercury thermometer is almost one of the necessary items for every family with children, and it is also broken in many cases.
If it is accidentally broken, it must be treated scientifically to reduce the volatilization of mercury. The opinions given by various authorities are similar.
Parents can refer to official website's "Guide to Handling Damaged Mercury Thermometers" of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and put forward some effective suggestions:
1, remember "five never"
① Never use a vacuum cleaner to clean mercury.
② Do not clean mercury with a broom to prevent adsorption residue.
③ Do not pour mercury into the sewer to avoid polluting other places.
Never walk around in shoes that may be contaminated by mercury.
⑤ Never let children take part in cleaning up.
2. Four steps of safety advice
① Do a good job in prevention and control isolation. No one or pets are allowed in or out. Open the doors and windows for ventilation to ensure that other rooms are not polluted.
② Set out completely and avoid contact. Put on latex or rubber gloves to collect the glass fragments, illuminate them with a flashlight, carefully collect the mercury beads dropped on the ground, collect them with cardboard or scraper, and collect the mercury into a sealed vial with a dropper.
(3) Don't forget to clean up dead ends. For scattered small particles, shaving cream and adhesive tape can be used to collect them. When the mercury drops are scattered in the cracks or are very small, they can be fixed with sulfur powder (which can be bought in general pharmacies) to avoid evaporation. Be careful not to inhale sulfur powder.
④ Correct handling. Put the collected mercury into a sealed vial, add water to prevent evaporation, and treat it as hazardous waste.
Parents must remember, never clean it with paper towels and throw it into the trash can, because mercury has strong adsorption, and mercury vapor is easily adsorbed by walls and clothes, causing air pollution.
Mercury thermometers have long been eliminated. Please choose a safer child thermometer!
Mercury thermometers have long been eliminated internationally.
After the promulgation of EU law in 2007, European countries gradually replaced mercury thermometers with electronic thermometers.
June 65438+1October 65438+June 2020, the State Administration of Medical Supplies finally officially issued a notice, clearly pointing out that China will completely ban the production of mercury-containing thermometers and mercury-containing sphygmomanometers in June 65438+1October 2026.
This 300-year-old mercury thermometer will become history!
So for the sake of safety, please choose a safer temperature measurement product for your child. There are many safe choices in the market, such as electronic thermometer, ear temperature gun and forehead temperature gun.
How to choose specifically? Refer to the following contents for details. Three kinds of thermometers are briefly analyzed for parents from the aspects of operation convenience, temperature measuring speed, safety and suggested age:
① Electronic thermometer
Simple operation: The temperature measurement method, like the mercury thermometer, needs the baby's high cooperation and operation, and needs the baby's full cooperation to complete the temperature measurement.
Temperature measurement speed: the baby needs to be a good baby for 3-5 minutes, with high accuracy and convenient direct reading of numbers. The American Academy of Pediatrics clearly pointed out that electronic thermometers are more accurate than other types of thermometers.
Safety: Unlike the "mercury" material of mercury thermometers, electronic thermometers work through electrical signals, which is safer for babies.
Suggested age: the electronic thermometer needs the baby's high cooperation. If the cooperation is not good, it will affect the measurement results. Therefore, it is recommended for children with high cooperation or older age.
② Ear thermometer
Easy to operate: when measuring ear temperature, parents need to slowly insert the detector into the baby's ear canal, which is difficult to measure the tympanic membrane and needs the baby's cooperation.
Temperature measurement speed: the temperature measurement speed is very fast, and it only takes 1-2 seconds to get the temperature.
Safety: the ear thermometer uses infrared rays to measure temperature, which is basically harmless to the human body and parents can use it with confidence.
Suggested age: Ear temperature gun is generally not recommended for infants, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children over 6 months use ear temperature measurement, because the ear canal of newborns and infants is relatively narrow and the thermometer cannot completely enter the ear, so the measurement results are inaccurate.
③ forehead temperature gun
Simple operation: it can be measured by touching the forehead or at a certain distance from the forehead, which is simple to operate and has low requirements for the baby's fit.
Temperature measurement speed: 1.2 seconds, and the temperature measurement is completed when you hear a click.
Safety: The forehead temperature gun, like the ear temperature gun, uses the infrared principle to measure the temperature, which does little harm to the baby's body.
Suggested age: both newborns and babies can use it.
Finally, parents should understand that compared with the traditional mercury thermometer, the electronic thermometer is convenient to use, convenient to read and high in accuracy, but it is easy to affect the accuracy when the power is insufficient, which should be noted.
The accuracy of the ear thermometer is also high, but it will be more troublesome to use the earmuffs of the ear thermometer every time.
The forehead temperature measuring gun is easy to use, but it is greatly influenced by the outside temperature, and there will be deviation when the baby sweats or just comes home from a bad environment to measure the temperature.
Therefore, to measure the temperature, it is necessary to measure under the premise that the environment is stable, the baby is properly dressed, there is no emotional excitement, or the exercise is completed.
Three kinds of thermometers have their own advantages and disadvantages. Parents can choose according to their baby's actual situation!
China will completely ban the production of mercury-containing thermometers and mercury-containing sphygmomanometers from 2026. Beijing News 2020- 10- 19
"Parents regret it! Wuhan 1 year-old girl eats mercury by mistake and can't pump her stomach! Only ... ". Hubei Daily.2019-07-12.