| Botox therapy for spasticity in children: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | 1226.00000000000 | Botox therapy for spasticity in children: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | Botox therapy for spasticity in children: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | B | English | Other | Preschooler (2-4 years);School age child (5-8 years);Pre-teen (9-12 years);Teen (13-18 years) | Body | Skeletal muscle | Non-drug treatment | Caregivers
Adult (19+) | NA | | 2013-03-27T04:00:00Z | | Joao Amaral, MD;Candice Sockett, RN(EC), MN:APN | | | | 8.00000000000000 | 61.0000000000000 | 451.000000000000 | | Health (A-Z) - Procedure | Health A-Z | <p>Your child has had Botox injections to treat their spasticity. This brochure will help you properly care for your child after the procedure.</p> | <p>Your child has had <a href="/Article?contentid=2445&language=English">Botox injected into their muscles for spasticity</a>. This brochure explains how to care for your child at home after the procedure, and when to call for help.</p> | | <h2>Key points </h2>
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<li>Watch for symptoms from the time the injections are done until four weeks after the injections. These include trouble swallowing, speaking, breathing or a fever over 38°C (100.4°F). </li>
<li>Your child can resume all regular activities when they feel able to do so. </li>
<li>If your child has any difficulty breathing, take them to the nearest Emergency Department right away. </li>
</ul> | | | | | | | | <h2>Bathing </h2>
<p>Your child may have a bath or shower the day of the injections. </p>
<h2>Meals </h2>
<p>If your child is feeling well enough after the anaesthetic, they can return to eating what they normally eat. It is also important to give your child plenty of fluids for 48 hours after the procedure. </p>
<h2>Pain relief </h2>
<p>Your child may have some mild discomfort after the procedure. If needed, give your child <a href="/Article?contentid=62&language=English">acetaminophen</a>. </p>
<h2>Activity </h2>
<p>Your child can resume all regular activities as soon as they feel ready to do so. </p> | | <h2>When to see a doctor?</h2>
<p>Phone your specialist or Image Guided Therapy (IGT), or go to the nearest Emergency Department right away if your child has any of the following: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/Article?contentid=30&language=English">fever</a> greater than 38°C (100.4°F) </li>
<li>trouble swallowing </li>
<li>trouble breathing </li>
<li>severe pain </li>
</ul>
<p>Be sure to let the Emergency Department staff know that your child has had Botox injections. </p> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | <h2>At SickKids</h2>
<p>If you have any concerns in the first 48 hours, call the IGT clinic during working hours at (416) 813-6054 and ask to speak to an IGT nurse. After 48 hours, please call your referring doctor. If you have concerns and it is after working hours, see your family doctor or go to the nearest Emergency Department or call the Hospital for Sick Children switchboard at (416) 813-1500 and ask them to page your specialist or the interventional radiologist on call.</p> | | | <img alt="" src="https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/AKHAssets/botox_therapy_spasticticity_caring_for_child_at_home.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/AKHAssets/botox_therapy_spasticticity_caring_for_child_at_home.jpg | | | | | | | Botox therapy for spasticity in children: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | | | | | | | |
