Panicked because the child had nosebleeds and sweated his shirt when infected with Covid-19

08/04/2022 15:55 GMT+7

Many children are showing no symptoms, but suddenly nosebleeds, sweaty people all over their shirts and hair, make parents worry.

On the F0 home counseling support group, Mr. Do Van Giang (Hanoi) said that his 6-year-old son had been infected with Covid-19 for 2 days. The baby has no fever but during the day he has two nosebleeds. Each time, wetting 3-4 sheets of tissue paper.

Giang read online that people shared that bleeding could be caused by a blood clotting disorder in people with Covid-19, so he quickly called a doctor for advice on this phenomenon.

Not only Mr. Giang, Ms. Nguyen Minh V. (HCMC) also shared, her relative F0 has been cured for 7 days, but 3 days today, she has nosebleeds, the first meal bleeds a lot, and the second meal. little flow.

Up to the third day, the flow stops and then flows again. Ms. V. is very worried about this situation. Not only nosebleeds, her relatives also accompanied the phenomenon of stealing sweat. People who do nothing but watch TV for a while will see their clothes and hair drenched with sweat.

According to Dr. Truong Huu Khanh – Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Infectious Diseases Association When infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the first area of ​​the body affected by the virus is the nose and then the throat. Cold-like symptoms such as runny nose, discomfort and sore throat are felt first.

So, if you see nosebleeds when you have Covid-19 it is a normal, benign condition. Dr. Khanh said he also received a lot of advice from families with F0 who panicked because their family members had nosebleeds on both sides of their noses or only bleeding in one nostril.

Nosebleeds when infected with Covid-19 or recovered from Covid-19 are not worrisome. The cause of Covid-19 is damage to the nasal passages that will cause heavy or light bleeding.

Most cases of nosebleeds occur in the nasal septum due to many causes of damage to blood vessels in the nose, leading to blood in the nasal discharge.

Is it dangerous to have a nosebleed when you have Covid-19?

This phenomenon can also be due to the fact that during the Covid-19 test, the stick causes trauma to the nose and nasal blood vessels or the patient has a stuffy nose, blocked nose, frequently blows or sneezes due to Covid-19 infection. The blood vessels burst, causing nosebleeds.

When there is a nosebleed, the patient is calm because this symptom will go away. It is possible to stop bleeding in place such as pressing on the nose. Use two fingers to gently squeeze the nostrils on both sides. You can use cotton soaked in Otrivin, 1%-3% ephedrin to apply pressure to the bleeding area to stop the nosebleed.

In the nose, there are many dominant blood vessels, in which points converge, when injured, infected, high blood pressure is very easy to bleed, most often bleeding is small and self-limited, less dangerous. .

Patients can monitor blood pressure, have too much nasal spray, especially in cases of nasal congestion, it is easy to scratch the nasal mucosa for testing.

Compared to the Delta and Beta virus strains, the Omicron strain has another symptom that is the patient sweats a lot.

Therefore, when infected with Covid-19 some people may sweat, sometimes see a few shirts but not to worry, this situation will go away.

Patients only need to add water to avoid dehydration and rehydration. With children, parents pay attention to dry sweat, avoid colds when wet clothes.

The child has recovered, the temperature is below 36.5 degrees, there is a nosebleed, sweating should not be too worried. These symptoms may go away after 1-3 days depending on the child.

For cases where nosebleeds do not stop, the next time the bleeding is more than the previous one, family members can take the patient to medical facilities for otolaryngology examination to assess whether the condition is caused by Covid-19 or caused by the disease. caused by another disease.

Khanh Chi