Electric Shock

Children can often be rendered unconscious by a severe electrical shock, the child may stop breathing; these accidents are very common around the home. Some of the physical symptoms during such unfortunate incidents include the presence of deep burns at the point where the current entered the child’s body. Internal damage is also often present even though this is mostly not evident immediately. Emergency measures are required whenever children suffer such accidents; any severe electrical shock requires medical assessment and care.

Supplements and herbs

These supplements can be used to treat physical symptoms once the child has recovered from the shock. For burns suffered at the site of the accident, the pulp of the aloe vera can be used, an aloe vera gel, or a liquid form can also be applied on to the burned area to remove the sensation of heat and the stinging sensation present in the area of the burn injury. Burnt skin heals faster with aloe vera; the herb is also extremely soothing and has a cooling effect on the irritated and injured skin. A preparation made from the calendula can be used topically to help prevent infection setting in, once the initial treatment from the aloe vera has blunted the stinging sensation in the injured area of the skin. The affected area of the skin can also benefit from the application of a comfrey root salve or cream as further topical treatments. Skin is healed faster through the use of the comfrey root, which contains allantoin as its active ingredient, this biological substance promotes tissue growth. The speed of the healing of skin can also be achieved through the use of three capsules of the gotu kola herb on daily basis, for up to ten days.
For your attention: children under the age of four must not be given this herb as a supplement.

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