No one in the family needs to be sick for you to have a medicine cabinet at home. Whether it’s a proper cabinet or a simple box, this emergency go-to kit will allow you to be more prepared when sickness suddenly strikes and you don’t have access to immediate medical help. But what exactly should you store in your medicine cabinet?
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Decongestants
Colds are very common in Australia. Adults experience colds at least twice each year while children experience at least five. This is mostly because of sudden weather changes, which happens very often in the country. Since a cold can be so uncomfortable, you need to have decongestants for both adults and children at home so you can treat anyone who’s under the weather in your house. It’s also very important to treat colds right away since this viral infection could easily spread throughout your household.
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Anti-diarrhoeal
Nothing is more embarrassing than a sudden bout of diarrhoea. Unfortunately, 4 in 10 Australians in a survey experienced diarrhoea in the last 12 months, making it one of the most common ailments among Australian households. This is why learning how to stop diarrhoea with the right antidiarrheal medication is a must since moving your bowels too frequently could easily lead to dehydration. Taking the right medication along with rehydration will allow you to recover quickly and get back to your daily routine without any interruptions.
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Anti-allergies
Your medicine cabinet would never be complete with some antihistamines, eye drops, and creams that will help treat common allergies. You’ll never know when an allergy could strike. It could be those insect bites that lead to rashes or a guest mistakenly eating seafood that they are allergic to. You could really use a medicine cabinet that’s well-stocked with anti-allergy medications if these things happen.
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Pain reliever
Pain is such a common ailment for family members that you need to have pain relievers in stock all the time. When choosing which pain medications to keep in your medicine cabinet, it’s best to evaluate the needs of your family first. For instance, you have to choose between 12-hour or 4-hour pain reliever medications depending on what your household needs most. You also need to keep children’s pain reliever medications on hand if you have little ones at home.
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Antibacterial creams
Whether it’s a simple insect bite, an abrasion or a wound, you can definitely use an anti-bacterial cream in your medicine cabinet to treat and prevent skin infections. It’s best to have different types of antibacterial creams at home for both adults and children since you’ll never know when these accidents could happen.
You don’t need a proper medicine cabinet to start stocking these essentials at home. Even if you’re just starting to build a medicine cabinet or re-stocking an existing one, don’t forget to include these medications in your list so you’re always prepared whenever things suddenly come up at home. Who knows, you can also help neighbours who experience problems and don’t have these medications in stock in their own homes.