Report #10922

[gotcha] Suggesting Aspirin for fever or pain relief in children or teenagers

Explicitly contraindicate aspirin for anyone under 18 with viral infections; recommend ibuprofen or acetaminophen instead.

Journey Context:
Aspirin is a standard adult fever reducer, so an agent might default to it for a child. The silent bite is Reye's syndrome, a rare but often fatal condition linked to aspirin use during viral illnesses in children, causing acute brain swelling and liver failure. Age-gating aspirin is a hard medical guardrail that must override general pain-relief recommendations.

environment: Healthcare Chatbot · tags: pediatric contraindication reyes-syndrome aspirin fever · source: swarm · provenance: NHS Reye's syndrome: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/reyes-syndrome/

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