6-year-old child with acute myocarditis after Covid-19
Seeing their children eat and sleep normally, a family in Tuyen Quang did not expect the child to have acute myocarditis after nCoV infection.
Negative for SARS-CoV-2, a 6-year-old child (Yen Son, Tuyen Quang) was taken by his family for a follow-up examination Covid-19 at Hung Vuong General Hospital (Phu Tho) on March 21.
At the hospital, the baby had chest pain, was tired, and was eating and drinking normally. However, the test showed an abnormal increase in Troponin index (diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome). After doing electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, measuring EF (ejection fraction), doctors diagnosed the baby with acute myocarditis.
The child was transferred to the National Children’s Hospital for further treatment. One day later, the baby became very serious and critical, had to run ECMO (cardiopulmonary bypass), active resuscitation, severe prognosis.
According to Mr. Pham Van Hoc, General Director of the hospital, acute myocarditis has a high mortality rate. There are cases of children detected early, transferred immediately but on the way to cardiac arrest, respiratory failure must press the heart, intubation, squeeze balloon on the ambulance.
Therefore, Mr. Hoc warned parents that seeing children with unusual symptoms such as prolonged fatigue, chest pain, abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, low-grade fever, difficulty breathing, rapid pulse, fever, etc., should take their child to a doctor. for early detection and prompt treatment.
According to Zing
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