[ Qingdao News Network Exclusive]
(Reporter Li Litao Ning Guanyu)
The physical condition of the child touches the hearts of every parent. How should children take good protection during special periods? How should parents respond if their children are infected with the new coronavirus? Recently, the reporter interviewed Tong Jianning, director of the Infectious Disease Department of Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital, and answered related questions.
What are the symptoms of children infected with the new coronavirus?
Director Tong Jianning told reporters that recently many children infected with the new coronavirus have been treated in outpatient clinics. As of the current situation, most of the children have mild symptoms, generally mainly symptoms such as fever, sore throat, mild cough, etc. A small number are accompanied by gastrointestinal tract symptoms such as abdominal pain and vomiting. Most of them disappeared within 1 week, and no critical cases have been found yet.
If the child has been in close contact with suspected or confirmed cases of new coronavirus within the past week, and there is a new coronavirus epidemic in the residential community, beware of whether the child is infected. Currently, the hospital's fever clinic can undergo rapid testing of the new coronavirus to help confirm the diagnosis.
How should parents respond after children have positive COVID-19?
"If the child is infected with the new coronavirus, parents don't need to be nervous!" Director Tong Jianning said that the child only has mild or moderate fever, and other symptoms are not serious. All can choose to observe at home first. Mainly observe the changes in the child's condition. is treated with symptomatic treatment, which is similar to other common respiratory virus infections. Parents do not need to worry too much. Some children with very mild symptoms do not even need medication. Just replenish more water and rest more to ensure adequate nutrition and sleep.
"What we mean by is not just drinking boiled water, but rather replenishing water and electrolyte ." Director Tong Jianning reminds parents that when children have fever, they should pay attention to replenishing electrolyte water, because during fever, the body's hidden water release will also increase, but the body loses not only water, but also electrolytes, so replenishing electrolyte water is the best solution. Similar to oral rehydration salt , sports drinks, etc., can replenish electrolytes.
In terms of choosing antipyretic drugs, Director Tong Jianning said that it is not recommended to use antipyretic drugs in infants and young children under 22 months of age; if the body temperature reaches 38.2 degrees, it is recommended to use acetaminophen to reduce fever; if the body temperature reaches 38.2 degrees, if the body temperature reaches 38.2 degrees, it is possible to choose acetaminophen or ibuprofen to reduce fever. Be careful not to take multiple antipyretic drugs at the same time.
In other aspects, you can choose some Chinese patent medicines that clear heat and detoxify according to clinical guidelines. Note that it is not recommended to use antipyretic drugs and compound cold medicines containing antipyretic ingredients.
The following situations occur to the child, please seek medical treatment in time!
If the child continues to have high fever after 2 days of taking the medicine, or if he or she has warning symptoms such as poor mental state, worsening cough, shortness of breath, and hypoxia, especially if infants and young children under 2 years old have fever, they will experience symptoms such as refusal to breastfeeding, lethargy, and convulsions, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately. Pay attention to taking personal protection when visiting the hospital and seeking medical treatment according to the guidance of the fever clinic.
Remain ventilation at home and maintain adequate nutrition
How to protect children's health in the current environment? Director Tong Jianning believes that on the one hand, you should pay attention to frequent ventilation and sunbathing at home, and the circulation of air and the disinfection of ultraviolet rays will have a certain effect on preventing virus infection. On the other hand, we must ensure adequate nutrition for the child and provide strong support for the body's immune system , which has a good effect on the prevention and rehabilitation of diseases.
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