Signs that a child has a severe dengue fever, requiring immediate hospitalization

April 23, 2022 07:45 GMT+7

Children’s Hospital 2 is actively treating many dengue fever cases, including 2 severe cases using dialysis machines.

According to MSc Nguyen Dinh Qui, Deputy Head of the Infection Department: “Usually, to identify children with dengue fever, they will have a high fever continuously for 3 to 4 days. If the child has a fever for 3 days or more, it is best to take the child to a medical facility for blood tests to get results and a treatment plan.”

For cases where hospitalization is not indicated, the child will be monitored and cared for at home. Children should drink a lot of water, eat foods that are easy to digest and use drugs to improve their health and strengthen their resistance.

Dengue fever usually lasts for 7 days. However, the symptoms of fever in the early days can easily confuse parents with other diseases such as sore throat, viral fever or Covid-19.

Children with dengue fever in HCMC.

Monitoring severe pediatric patients at the Covid-19 Infection Resuscitation Department, Dr. CK2 Do Chau Viet, Dean of the Faculty, shared: “Besides 90% of dengue fever cases are usually simple, about a week after they heal, 10% are left. severe cases again. Mainly overweight and obese children or have underlying diseases such as cardiovascular, brain, lung, kidney, even post-Covid-19 cases.

Therefore, parents need to promptly take their children to the hospital and follow the doctor’s instructions, to avoid being too late to progress badly and damage organs.

The sign that the child needs to go to the hospital is that if the child has a high fever for more than 2 days, shows one of the following signs, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital immediately: the child is crying, restless, irritable or lethargic. , abdominal pain, nosebleeds, blood in the teeth or vomiting blood, black stools. Cold hands and feet, lying in one place and not playing, giving up breastfeeding, eating and drinking

Mosquitoes that cause dengue fever usually bite at dusk, ie around 4 p.m. onwards. To prevent disease, parents must regularly clean the house, prevent mosquito bites at the place where the child sleeps. Immediately notify the locality when a case appears in the area where you live. Effective action will reduce the current number of dengue cases, especially among children.

K.Chi