Child Ate Vitamin C Tablets. Call poison control at the first sign of an overdose. Common symptoms of a vitamin overdose include nausea vomiting upset stomach and diarrhea 4.
From fresh strawberries to orange juice and multiflavored fruit snacks children receive vitamin c from a number of sources. Children are at risk for accidental overdose from vitamins in supplements that they mistake for candy. Vitamin c also referred to as ascorbic acid is a very essential nutrient in our bodies.
It helps your child s gums stay healthy and strengthens your child s blood vessels minimizing bruising from falls and scrapes.
Common symptoms of a vitamin overdose include nausea vomiting upset stomach and diarrhea 4. Also vitamin c plays a major role in the absorption of iron healing of wounds maintaining strong bones and enhancing the brain function. Panicked with a nurse and poison control on the phone i rummaged through a trash can searching for an empty bottle of vitamins. It helps your child s gums stay healthy and strengthens your child s blood vessels minimizing bruising from falls and scrapes.