Report #45502

[gotcha] Suggesting Aspirin as a fever reducer or pain reliever for children or teenagers

Explicitly contraindicate aspirin for anyone under 16 \(NHS\) or under 19 \(CDC/AAP\) with viral infections due to Reye's syndrome risk; recommend ibuprofen or acetaminophen instead.

Journey Context:
Aspirin is a standard adult painkiller. An LLM might casually suggest it for a child's fever without age-gating the response. This is a severe, potentially fatal trap causing Reye's syndrome \(brain/liver swelling\) in children recovering from viral infections like flu or chickenpox. The agent must hard-block aspirin for pediatric fevers.

environment: LLM · tags: pediatric aspirin reyes-syndrome contraindication fever · source: swarm · provenance: NHS Reye's syndrome - Causes; CDC/AAP Pediatric Treatment Guidelines

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