Children Over 12 Using Aspirin?

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Anyone know what Ray Peat suggests regarding aspirin use in older children? Besides the the common Pharma type Reyes warnings, I wonder what he might advise in children 12 and up. What he thinks about the Reyes warnings...
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Also, what he advises with a child with a temp of 103... I know it's a sign of the body's battling disease, but would like to know his advice...

My grandson who's 12 has a temp of 103. My daughter has been advised this is dangerous and that if it hits 104, possible brain damage. Told to use tylenol. Maybe somebody with children has read all that Dr Peat has to say on this??
 
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Obviously my forum search for children/aspirin didn't work, but I found another forum thread on it with a duck search. It didn't answer my question.
 

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"In the 1980s, there was a big publicity campaign warning parents that giving aspirin to a child with the flu could cause the potentially deadly Reye syndrome. Aspirin sales declined sharply, as sales of acetaminophen (Tylenol, etc.) increased tremendously. But in Australia, a study of Reye syndrome cases found that six times as many of them had been using acetaminophen as had used aspirin. (Orlowski, et al., 1987)" (From Aspirin, brain, and cancer)

Can a high fever 'fry' a child's brain?
 
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"In the 1980s, there was a big publicity campaign warning parents that giving aspirin to a child with the flu could cause the potentially deadly Reye syndrome. Aspirin sales declined sharply, as sales of acetaminophen (Tylenol, etc.) increased tremendously. But in Australia, a study of Reye syndrome cases found that six times as many of them had been using acetaminophen as had used aspirin. (Orlowski, et al., 1987)" (From Aspirin, brain, and cancer)

Can a high fever 'fry' a child's brain?
Thank you. Am reading the newsletter and sent the brain article to my daughter.
 
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When my children had fevers, I'd be watching closely and probably starting to think about medicating if they went over 39C, and definitely if they got up to 40C, and would have been off to the doctor if I hadn't got it below 40C fairly quickly. The last time they went that high was before I'd read much of Peat, and I used paracetamol. I'm still not 100% sure about the medicine safety, but I'd still consider a temp over 40C to be worth bringing down fairly quickly.

I guess things like cool cloths to the forehead and removing excess clothing are being used, and keeping up some hydration?
 
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When my children had fevers, I'd be watching closely and probably starting to think about medicating if they went over 39C, and definitely if they got up to 40C, and would have been off to the doctor if I hadn't got it below 40C fairly quickly. The last time they went that high was before I'd read much of Peat, and I used paracetamol. I'm still not 100% sure about the medicine safety, but I'd still consider a temp over 40C to be worth bringing down fairly quickly.

I guess things like cool cloths to the forehead and removing excess clothing are being used, and keeping up some hydration?
I think you'd like the brain fry article that Yurt noted above. It is what I learned in school. But I'd forgotten much and the zeitgeist gets me a lot more often than I'd like. Seems that bringing down the temp would be counterproductive.

"It's true a very high temperature - over 41 degrees Celsius - can potentially damage tissues in the body.

But the most common reason for fevers in children is infections. And a temperature over 41C is very rare in someone with an infection, says Dr Young, an intensive care specialist and fever researcher from Wellington, New Zealand. "

Fevers so high they are life-threatening are usually a result of heat stroke or adverse reactions to either illicit drugs or certain medication reactions, he says.
 

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I think you'd like the brain fry article that Yurt noted above. It is what I learned in school. But I'd forgotten much and the zeitgeist gets me a lot more often than I'd like. Seems that bringing down the temp would be counterproductive.
I read it before I sent my reply, and it seemed consistent with my approach.
It says that a fever over 41 C can damage brain tissue, but that they seldom get that high. So if it gets over 40 C, I want it down before it gets up that high. Below that, its about comfort rather than safety. A lot of people administer paracetamol if it goes up to 38C, and I think paracetamol is one of the more common forms of poisoning in children.
 

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