Lots of parents rub orajel on their babies gums when they are teething, heck I know my mom gave it to me when I was younger. You may have even done it with your own kids, if your kids are older already, but did you know that orajel can have potentially fatal side effects? I didn't. I found an article online one day after having Lil that listed some of the risks of orajel and one that is very dangerous.In case none of you are aware I have a big background of medical problems, one of them is an autoimmune disorder, that has caused a few problems over my lifetime so you can imagine my shock when I saw that orajel can cause an immune deficiency.
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/orajel-side-effects.html
The first link I have here is a list of some of the possible side effects from orajel, if you will notice on this list there is a section called Hematologic, in this section it talks about methemoglobinemia as a possible side effect. In methemoglobinemia, the hemoglobin is unable to release oxygen effectively to body tissues, if this happens then death is a possibility. Now I don't want to scare you because it is usually caught early and treated but this is most likely what will happen if it is not treated. The second link I have is to tell you about methemoglobinemia like what can cause it, the symptoms, treatment and so on.
This third link I have is about the options you have if your child contracted this from orajel. I know this is just something that can happen from the orajel, it wont happen to everyone, but are you really willing to take that risk? There are lots of drugs out there that to this day we still don't know what can happen from them. So isn't it worth it to deal with a little bit of teething pain from your child rather than risk them being stuck with this disease? There are other things out there to soothe your baby's gums, orajel doesn't even last that long so why take the chance?
http://www.orajellawsuit.com/
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