Report #5368

[gotcha] Suggesting aspirin as a fever reducer for anyone under 18

Never recommend aspirin for children or teenagers with viral infections; strictly recommend acetaminophen or ibuprofen \(if age appropriate\) to avoid Reye's syndrome.

Journey Context:
Aspirin is a canonical fever reducer in adult literature. An LLM might generalize this to pediatric populations. Giving aspirin during viral infections \(flu, chickenpox\) to children causes Reye's syndrome, a rapidly progressive brain/liver disease with high mortality.

environment: pediatric-safety · tags: aspirin pediatric reyes-syndrome fever contraindication · source: swarm · provenance: CDC Reye's Syndrome Information / NHS Aspirin contraindications for under 16s

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