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Children with diarrhea and severe respiratory infections increased by 200%, these 2 mistakes parents often make make their children sick

May 27, 2022 14:15 PM (GMT+7)

Children hospitalized increased due to erratic weather

About a week ago, Hanoi’s weather was erratic, with high humidity, a lot of rain, etc., which were favorable conditions for viruses and bacteria to thrive, causing diseases to people, especially young children. .

Recorded in a number of hospitals in Hanoi shows that the number of pediatric patients admitted to hospital in recent days has continuously increased, typically in some hospitals, the number of pediatric patients hospitalized increased by 150 to 200% compared to the previous months. The majority of children admitted to the hospital related to respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases.

At the National Children’s Hospital, the Medical Examination Department has received an average of 200 visits/day related to respiratory diseases in recent days. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thi Hong Hanh, Director of the Respiratory Center (National Children’s Hospital), said that the Center receives about 30 pediatric patients per day due to lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis. manage…

At the Pediatric Department of hospitals such as E Hospital, Saint Paul Hospital, Thanh Nhan Hospital, Agricultural General Hospital, the number of hospitalized pediatric patients with respiratory infections and acute diarrhea also increased.

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Children hospitalized in humid days tend to increase sharply. Photo: Le Phuong.

Doctor Nguyen Huu Linh – Deputy Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital of Agriculture, said that over the past time, children hospitalized due to vomiting and diarrhea have increased, but this is not unusual and not “vomiting epidemic” as people still share. “Now starting in the summer, the erratic hot and humid weather makes food susceptible to bacteria, insects such as flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, ants… multiply and spread pathogens. Therefore, summer is also the season when children are prone to gastrointestinal diseases, “said Dr. Linh.

Doctor Nghiem Thi Mai Sang – Head of Pediatrics Department (Thanh Nhan Hospital) said that the number of children admitted to the hospital with vomiting, fever and diarrhea increased in the past 2 weeks, most of the children admitted to the hospital after receiving treatment responded. good and quick recovery. “In all hospitalized cases, we have all examined and tested to monitor and rule out mysterious hepatitis in accordance with the direction of the health industry, so far no cases have been detected from the group of children with vomiting, fever and diarrhea. hospitalized,” said Dr. Sang.

For children with respiratory diseases, Dr. Sang said that this is a worthy issue today, in the past week, the number of patients coming to the hospital has increased by about 150 to 200%. compared to the previous months. Among nearly 100 patients being inpatient at the department, up to 70% of pediatric patients have diseases related to the respiratory tract, mainly pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchiolitis …

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Dr. Sang said that most children with respiratory infections are related to the respiratory syncytial virus RSV. Photo: Le Phuong.

“Through testing, it was found that mainly children were infected with the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This is a virus that infects the lungs and respiratory tract, causing bronchiolitis, pneumonia. Notably, there are many cases where parents are subjective or make some mistakes when taking care of children at home, making the children worse,” said Dr. Sang.

Mistakes make children worse when coughing, fever

At the treatment room at the Pediatric Department (Thanh Nhan Hospital), Ms. NTH (Hoang Mai, Hanoi) hugs her 4-month-old baby with a fever… Before entering the hospital, Ms. H’s child had a fever, wheezing, and wheezing. wheezing, shortness of breath… Because she thought her child had a common cold, she went to buy medicine for home treatment. When the child has a fever of more than 39 degrees, in addition to giving the child fever-reducing medicine and loosening clothes, Ms. H washes a towel with cold water and applies it all over the child’s body with the desire to regulate the child’s body temperature so that the child can quickly lower the fever.

After 3 days, Ms. H’s child’s condition worsened and had to be hospitalized for treatment. As a result, the child had pneumonia, fortunately it was not too severe, so she was treated with drugs, not on a ventilator.

Dr. Sang said that the two most common mistakes parents make when taking care of children with cough and fever at home is buying medicine, including antibiotics, and applying cold compresses to children. “This is extremely dangerous, because in the case of a child being attacked by a virus, antibiotics will not work, it can even make the situation worse, even in some cases, the child has sepsis. It is also a mistake to apply cold compresses to children, because doing so not only does not reduce the fever, but also makes the child’s cold worse, from which the child’s fever is higher, “said Dr. Sang.

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The compress for the child must be correct, otherwise it will make the child worse. (Illustration)

When a child has a fever at home, Dr. Sang advises that the most important thing is that parents need to monitor the child’s temperature, so take the child’s temperature every 20-30 minutes. If the child has a fever above 38.5 degrees, mothers need to use antipyretic according to the instructions of the manufacturer and the doctor, paying special attention to the weight of the child.

In the case of children, apply warm, not cold. When a child has a high fever for 2 consecutive days, coughs, wheezes a lot, eats poorly, and is lethargic, they should go to the hospital for examination.

In order to prevent diseases, during the current period of erratic weather, parents need to keep their children clean, avoid the risk of infection such as going to crowded places, and at the same time increase nutritional supplements to improve their health. children’s resistance. It is necessary to detect early signs of respiratory tract inflammation such as nasal secretions, cough, wheezing, difficulty breathing… to take them to a medical facility for examination and timely intervention.

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