Today's hepatitis B is a widely contagious disease. About one in 10 people is a hepatitis B patient. Among these groups, children are the most susceptible to infection. So how should we treat it early? How to find out whether the child is infected with hepatitis B virus?
1. Check the appetite: Observe whether the child's appetite is normal. It needs to be compared with the past to see whether his recent meals are delicious and whether his appetite has decreased. If he vomits when he sees meat or smells greasy smell, he should be especially careful.
2. Check whether there is pain in the upper abdomen: If a child suffers from hepatitis and the liver is enlarged, he or she will have a dull pain or continuous distending pain in the right upper abdomen. The pain is particularly severe at night. Some children with hepatitis will show spleen enlargement , accompanied by pain in the spleen area. They often press the upper abdomen with their hands consciously or unconsciously. If she finds that her child is covering her stomach, a careful mother should ask her child in detail "where does it hurt" and touch it herself to determine the location of pain.
3. Look at the complexion: The main thing is to observe whether the child's face is yellow, especially whether the sclera and conjunctiva (white eyeball) are yellow, and then check whether there is yellowing of the skin all over the body. Once signs of jaundice are found, Children should be taken for relevant examinations in time.
4. Look at the urine and stool: children often have diarrhea, the stool is unformed, the color becomes lighter, and becomes like white clay ; or the urine is dark yellow, looking like strong tea, and sometimes the urine stains the clothes and will remain. There are yellow traces, etc. These are the early symptoms of jaundice hepatitis.
5. Look at the spirit: Pay more attention to whether the child's mental state is good. If you have always been naughty, lively, and active, but suddenly become too lazy to move, are often tired, and want to sleep, this should be taken seriously.
In short, the health status of children must be observed in time. If the above situation occurs, drug suppression treatment must be carried out in time, so that hepatitis B may turn negative.
