14-3 Buying medicine-kids

carry具有，包含
symptoms症状
runny nose.流鼻涕n
sneezing打喷嚏
chills风寒
cold and cough syrup治疗咳嗽的糖浆
stick with延用
gummies软糖

A guide to children’s cold medicines

儿童感冒药服用指南

The first thing to remember about cough and cold medicines is that they will not make your child get better any faster. They also won’t keep a cold from turning into an ear infection, sinus infection, or pneumonia.

首先你得明白，咳嗽或感冒用药不会让你的孩子好的更快。这些药也不能阻止感冒进一步向耳道感染、鼻窦感染或肺炎恶化。

If you decide to give your child a cough and cold medicine, it should only be used if it is making your child feel more comfortable and is not causing bothersome side effects.

如果你想给孩子吃咳嗽或感冒药，你必须确保这些药物缓解了孩子的不适症状，同时也没有产生任何严重的副作用。

If your child is not improving after a few doses of being on an over-the-counter medicine or if he is getting worse, you should stop it.

如果你的孩子在服用了几剂这类非处方药物后，情况没有好转或是恶化了，你就应该停止用药。

When choosing a cold medicine, make sure you understand what each ingredient does, so that you aren’t giving your child unnecessary medications or ingredients.

在你挑选感冒药时，你必须要清楚其中的每种成分会起到何种作用。这样你就不会给孩子误服不必要的药物或成分了。

Also avoid using a multi-symptom medicine, unless your child has all of the symptoms that it relieves.

你也不该使用可缓解多种症状的药物，除非你的孩子出现了该药物针对的所有病症。

Most importantly, follow dosage instructions carefully, don’t just estimate what the dose should be.

最重要的一点是，你必须严格遵守剂量使用说明，不要自己随意估测药物剂量。

Source: Verywellhealth, “A Guide to Children’s Cold Medicines”