Confectionery can be very harmful for children because they can lead to increased blood pressure and even seizures.
An example of this is the recent case of 10-year-old boy who suffered from seizures, eating popular licorice candy.
The prevalence of these chocolates around the world due to the fact that components of licorice enhance the immune system and help the body to resist viruses.
However, this candy contains a very large amount of sugar, so they should be with extreme caution use with diabetes, as only two Lollipop can greatly increase the level of blood sugar.
10-year-old boy was in the hospital in Bologna (Italy) with severe convulsive seizure. The boy also complained of a severe headache and had high blood pressure. During the medical examination, the doctors noticed that the teeth of the boy were black.
It turned out that he ate, at least 20 licorice sweets every day for the last four months. This led to the daily consumption of 2.88 mg/kg of glycyrrhizic acid (one of the active ingredients licorice), well above the recommended world health organization maximum rate 2 mg/kg.
This excessive consumption has led to the development of hypertension, which in turn has caused reversible encephalopathy syndrome. After the boy stopped eating sweets, his blood pressure gradually normalized. Experts note that the risk of consumption of chocolates is particularly high for children with low body weight.
