Doctor points out mistakes parents need to avoid
Increasing number of children with respiratory infections and digestive disorders
As noted by the reporter, the number of pediatric patients hospitalized at the National Children’s Hospital in recent days has continuously increased.
Specifically, in recent days, the Hospital’s Medical Department has received an average of about 200 visits/day related to respiratory diseases.
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thi Hong Hanh, Director of the Respiratory Center, National Children’s Hospital, in recent days, the Center has received about 30 pediatric patients/day due to lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia. , bronchiolitis…
At Thanh Nhan Hospital, the number of hospitalized children increased by 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, bronchioles…
Doctor Nghiem Thi Mai Sang – Deputy Head of Pediatrics Department, Thanh Nhan Hospital – said that in the past 2 weeks, the number of children hospitalized for treatment increased dramatically. The patient was admitted to the hospital with high fever and vomiting. For these cases, the hospital has tests to monitor and rule out mysterious hepatitis in accordance with the direction of the medical industry. However, no mysterious hepatitis cases have been detected from the group of children hospitalized with vomiting, fever, and diarrhea.
Pediatric hospital admissions increased, photo Ngoc Minh.
According to Dr. Sang, most of the hospitalized children have respiratory diseases. Tests showed that mainly children were infected with 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 child worse.
At the pediatric treatment room, Thanh Nhan Hospital, Mr. Nghiem Duc T. has a 4-month-old son who has to be hospitalized for treatment. Mr. T said the child had symptoms of cough, fever, stridor and was monitored at home for 3 days. I gave him some medicine but it didn’t help, so he went to the hospital for a checkup.
The patient was diagnosed with bronchiolitis, pneumonia, she has been in the hospital for 3 days now, her condition has improved but still needs to be monitored.
Dr. Sang said that many parents subjectively send their children to the hospital late, or arbitrarily buy antibiotics to treat their children. This inadvertently causes the child to be hospitalized in a serious condition, making treatment difficult.
Mistakes to avoid when children cough and fever
According to Dr. Sang, in the process of receiving and examining children with cough and fever, the doctor noticed two common mistakes in parents:
– Arbitrarily buying drugs, including antibiotics
– Apply cold for children
“This is extremely dangerous because in case the child is attacked by a virus, the antibiotic treatment will not work, but it will also make the situation worse, even in cases of sepsis.
It is also a mistake to apply a cold compress to the child, because doing so not only does not reduce the child’s fever, but also makes the child’s cold worse, from which the child’s fever is higher. Dr. Sang shared.
Dr. Sang noted that when a child has a fever, the most important thing is 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, parents need to use antipyretic for the child according to the instructions of the manufacturer and the doctor, paying special attention to the weight of the child.
Regarding applying towels to children with fever, parents should apply warm compresses, not cold compresses. When a child has a high fever for 2 consecutive days, coughs, wheezes a lot, eats poorly, and is lethargic, the child should be examined at the hospital.
To prevent diseases during this time of change in weather, parents need to keep their children clean, avoid going to crowded places where there is a high risk of infection, and increase nutritional supplements to improve their resistance. young. Parents need to detect early signs of respiratory inflammation such as nasal discharge, cough, wheezing, difficulty breathing. If the child has these signs, it is necessary to take them to a medical facility for timely examination and intervention.
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