has a parent question: I don’t know what Kawasaki disease is, so I will give a brief answer today.
Many parents don’t know about Kawasaki disease, because it is a disease named after a Japanese doctor who discovered this disease. Its full name is skin mucosal lymph node syndrome. Perhaps from this full name It is understood that it is a disease of unknown etiology that affects the baby's skin, mucous membranes, and lymph nodes (so the etiology is unknown, so it is named syndrome ).
The main clinical manifestations of Kawasaki disease are
Diagnosis of Kawasaki disease: the main basis, plus 4 of 5, can be clinically diagnosed, less than 4, plus the heart ultrasound examination , suggesting coronary artery disease, yes diagnosis.
Incomplete Kawasaki disease: Some children have very atypical symptoms, and may not only have hypersensitivity CRP, an inflammatory index, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, or heart involvement. Conventional antibiotics are ineffective, and Kawasaki disease must be considered.
The biggest harm of irregular treatment of Kawasaki disease is the coronary artery that damages the baby's heart, so pay attention to it.
What are the current main therapeutic drugs?
1, phlebopathy globulin, usually once, drug resistance may be reused once. The main purpose is to suppress the body's strong immune response, not to improve resistance and reduce fever.
2, aspirin reduces fever in the early stage and anticoagulant later. However, aspirin is not recommended for common cold and fever, because it is prone to encephalopathy and life-threatening.
3, other symptomatic treatment is the mainstay, don't abuse antibiotics all the time.
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