Poisoning in Children - Childhood injuries

Toddlers are quite active and curious fearless explorers in their own right. With advancing motor skills, they can reach most places that were previously inaccessible to them before. They learn to use chairs or open drawers and climb up to reach things that are kept higher and supposedly out of their reach. They can open bolted doors and use shelves or boxes as stairs to reach things such as household products, gasoline, lead-based paints, medicines and other things kept in bottle. They also have a tendency to taste everything and put everything in their mouths. This not only increases the risk of falling but also of poisoning due to eating and drinking things that should not be ingested. However, you may decrease the risks of poisoning in your children by following the tips given below: