A 2-month-old baby is in critical condition, on a ventilator because of garlic… treatment for COVID-19

A 2-month-old infant entered Hung Vuong General Hospital for emergency treatment with a high fever of 40 degrees, lethargy, prolonged convulsions, cyanosis, first-degree abdominal burns. Rapid test results were positive for the virus. Sars-CoV-2. The doctors quickly administered emergency treatment, intubated a ventilator, and used vasopressors, sedation, and antibiotics. After receiving intensive care, the baby fortunately passed the life-threatening stage.

The pediatric patient underwent necessary laboratory tests and the doctors consulted and agreed on the diagnosis: monitoring Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, septic shock/Corona Virus infection.

Exploiting the baby’s medical history from the family, the child had COVID-19 on the 4th day, had a high fever, was feeding poorly, took fever-reducing medicine at home but did not reduce the fever, the family applied garlic on the baby’s abdomen to treat COVID and Apply leaves in the fontanelle area to reduce fever. However, the baby’s condition was getting worse, the fever was low, the abdomen was blistered, the family took the baby to Hung Vuong General Hospital for emergency.

The doctor who directly gave first aid and treatment to the patient said: “The baby was admitted to the hospital in a very critical condition, the doctors had to race to be able to give first aid in time. Newborn babies with COVID-19 are easy to change seriously if they are not monitored and cared for in time. Now the baby’s condition is more stable and receiving special care.”

The doctor warns parents when having an unfortunate child infected with SARS-CoV-2 if the child has a high fever that does not respond to fever-reducing drugs, it is necessary to send the child to the hospital for examination and treatment, in addition to convulsions. Due to fever, when children are infected with corona virus, they are susceptible to superinfection with bacteria that cause septic shock, or the corona virus itself can attack many particularly dangerous organs such as: heart, lungs, nerves …

In particular, do not use garlic, medicinal leaves or any other medicine that is not recommended by doctors to apply or give to children.

Take your child to the hospital as soon as he or she has coronavirus and has the following symptoms:

– Continuous high fever unresponsive to antipyretic drugs, convulsions due to high fever alone.

– Fast breathing rate.

– Nervous: fatigue, giving up or not being able to eat or drink, irritability, irritability, decreased consciousness, difficult to wake up.

– Other signs: profuse diarrhea, vomiting, obvious dehydration: sunken eyes, dry lips, crying without tears.