I feel my child with Covid-19 is breathing fast, and his heart is also beating faster than usual. Home does not have a blood oxygen meter with heart rate measurement, ask the doctor to guide you on how to calculate breathing and heart rate for your child.
What are the abnormal signs and the need for hospitalization? (Middle East, 39 years old, Phu Tho)
Answer:
When the child has a fever, the heartbeat and breathing will be fast, parents need to pay attention to lowering the child’s fever. Children who have a fever or are fussy, coughing, cannot calculate the proper respiratory rate. To count breaths, use your watch or phone to flatten your chest, counting the number of times your chest rises in one minute. Children under two months, heart rate over 60 beats/minute is considered high, children aged 2-12 months heart rate over 50 beats/minute…
Children with Covid-19, especially fever, will also experience a fast pulse, parents need to calmly monitor. Children under 5 years without fever, pulse above 180 times and under 5 years, pulse above 150 is alarming. Children under 5 years old have a pulse rate of 158 beats, a pulse rate of 140 if they are younger than 5 years is fine.
When the child feels his heart is beating fast and does not exceed the upper threshold, parents can help the child to overcome it by telling the child to close his eyes, press his hands to his eyes, count about 30 seconds, release, then press again. Do a few beats and the pulse will drop.
Doctor Truong Huu Khanh
Infectious disease advisor – Children’s Hospital 1, HCMC
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