Chijioke Iremeka Paediatricians and public health experts have warned that giving babies injections while they are asleep is dangerous and could potentially lead to complications including nerve damage and distress. The physicians added that administering injections during sleep could cause severe pain, discomfort and spasms, a sudden involuntary muscular contraction, or convulsive movement. They asserted that babies should be woken up and ensured they were in a conscious state before being administered injections.
According to the World Health Organisation, an injection is the act of administering a liquid, especially a drug, into a person’s body using a needle and a syringe. The global health body said that a safe injection does not harm the recipient, does not expose the provider to risk and does not result in waste that is dangerous for others. “All of us, at some point in our lives, will have an injection to retain or restore good health.
But sometimes, injections intended to promote health do the opposite,” the WHO added. Speaking with PUNCH Healthwise in different interviews, the physicians explained that while injections were one of the most common healthcare procedures, they should not be given to a child while sleeping. The doctors cautioned that if a baby wakes up abruptly from sleep and reacts with shock or agitation during such injection, it could lead to distress, swelling, and redness at the injection site.
They urged the healthcare providers to ensure ba.