What do viral fevers and dengue
Both dengue and super fever are health problems caused by viruses entering the body, the most common symptoms being a sudden high fever and many similar signs. Therefore, the symptoms of the disease are often easily confused. Distinguishing viral fever and dengue fever can help children quickly get appropriate and timely treatment measures. Thereby, improving the ability to recover health.
What is the difference between viral fever and dengue fever? (Illustration)
Distinguish by the cause of disease
Dengue fever is a disease caused by the dengue virus. Mosquitoes bite an infected person and then bite a healthy person. The two most common mosquito-borne diseases are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. This disease can leave many dangerous complications, which can even directly affect human life if not treated promptly.
As for viral fever, viral fever is caused by different viruses, also known as viral fevers. Viral fever is usually benign, and the child recovers after about 7 days of infection.
Distinguish by symptoms
Symptoms of viral fever in children
Depending on the type of virus that causes the disease, children can experience different symptoms of severe illness. Detail:
– Children with a high fever from 39 to 40 degrees Celsius, the body feels sluggish, tired, poorly responds to some fever-reducing drugs.
Children may experience some symptoms such as sore throat, runny nose, cough…
– Some symptoms from digestive disorders such as loose stools, …
Symptoms of viral fever in children. (Illustration)
– Children may be accompanied by signs of vomiting and nausea, swollen lymph nodes in the head, face and neck area, which can be detected easily by touching or pressing with hands.
– For babies who are newborn or can’t speak, they will see more crying than usual, even the child will have a convulsion because of a high fever.
– Floating lymph nodes appear in the head, face and neck area, which can be painful and palpable, larger than normal.
– After about 2 days of fever, the child may have red rashes on the skin.
Dengue fever usually goes through different stages including:
– Start-up phase: In the first 3 days of illness, the baby showed sudden high fever, fever up to 39-40 degrees and accompanied by pain in the eye sockets, fatigue, headache and also symptoms such as sore throat, cough, runny nose… like having a viral fever.
Some dengue fever symptoms. (Illustration)
– Full play phase: At this stage, the child may have a fever but there are signs of thrombocytopenia in the eyes, starting with mild to severe bleeding complications. A condition with bleeding under the skin and accompanied by itchy skin, black, bloody stools or vomiting blood.
In some cases, there may be nosebleeds, bleeding gums, and in more severe cases, there may be bleeding in the brain or bleeding in the abdomen. In addition, the child may also go into shock because of the hypovolemic state.
Recovery phase: At this stage, the baby’s fever is gone and the body is gradually getting better, the platelets also gradually increase.
How to take care of children with viral fever and dengue fever
For children with viral fever
Many parents often wonder what medicine to take for viral fever. However, currently, there is no specific treatment for people with viral fever. Therefore, if the child has a high fever above 38.5 degrees Celsius, they should take fever-reducing medicine as prescribed by the doctor.
When a child has a high fever, it is very easy to lose water, so it is necessary to give them electrolytes, filtered water or fruit juice. Children should stay at home, should not come into contact with many people to avoid spreading the disease to healthy people. Besides, it is necessary to clean the baby’s body, ensure a reasonable diet, and increase vitamin C with fruits.
Viral fever and dengue fever both make your baby tired. (Illustration)
What is viral fever? Children with viral fever should abstain from bathing or wiping with cold water, but can still wipe with warm water when they have a fever to help the body more comfortable. At the same time, avoid allowing your baby to be active, play too hard, drink ice water, abstain from spicy, hot, greasy food, raw and undercooked food…
For children with dengue fever
Practice for children to rest, limit travel. If the child has a fever above 38.5 degrees Celsius, you can use a warm towel to apply it to the forehead, armpit, groin area, can combine with paracetamol fever reducer as prescribed by the doctor (do not use ibuprofen or aspirin to reduce fever). ) dose 10-15mg/kg, 4-6 hours/time. Note, if the child has a history of convulsions, antipyretic drugs should be used when the child has a fever of 38 degrees Celsius.
Parents also give children plenty of water to drink, using oresol or hydride electrolytes to rehydrate. Carry out for children to eat liquid, easy to digest, fortified with vitamin C with fruits. Regularly monitor the symptoms of the disease such as high fever that does not go down (doesn’t respond to antipyretics), lethargy, lethargy, vomiting a lot, can’t drink, severe abdominal pain, black stools, bleeding that can’t be stopped. ….need to take the child to a medical facility for timely examination and treatment.
Parents need to know how to distinguish viral fever and dengue fever in children. (Illustration)
Methods to prevent viral fever and dengue fever
– For dengue fever: The best way is to prevent mosquito bites by letting go of the net when going to bed, wearing long-sleeved clothes if you go to an area with many mosquito bites. At the same time, kill mosquitoes and limit the reproduction of mosquitoes by clearing bushes, covering water containers.
– For viral fever: Follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly to strengthen the immune system, protect the body, and limit the attack of disease-causing viruses. If a family or residential area has sick people, it is necessary to actively prevent infection by limiting contact with sick people.
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