1438 The Self- Poisonings of Children Treated in Pediatric Department in Lublin From 2005 to 2009 - Social and Clinical Analysis

Abstract

Poisonings are still a major problem of paediatric population, especially intentional poisoning which occurs among youth. Intentional poisonings involve teenagers with social, medical, home and school problems, and they are connected wih specific - bad emotional condition such as transient depression.We present 111 children, aged 10-17. There were 100 girls and 11 boys, after having taken medicines at homes, 98 patients for the first time, 12 patientsthe second time, and 1 patient the third time. In our material 51 children took several kinds of drugs, 60 children only one subtance. Among all teenagers 82 children come from cities and 29 from villagies. The most frequent cause of intentional poisoning was alcoholism in family, or/and another family dysfunction or school problems.Conclusions: Observable frequency growth of intentional poisonings of children. There is a predominance of females and the most frequent cause of self-poisoning are school and home related problems. In our study, self-poisonings were caused by drug intake.