A 3-year-old and 2-month-old child suffered from explosive encephalitis due to infection and was sent to the hospital for 60 hours to be rescued. The picture shows the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in Taiwan continues to heat up, and people waiting for PCR screening results can often be seen outside the emergency room of the hospital. (Data photo by Zhang Kaiyi) Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network"
Huaxia Jingwei.com May 23: According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network", Omicron has strong lethality to children. Currently, Taiwan has accumulated 12 severe cases of children, including 5 of which were complications of encephalitis. Lin Jianzhi, director of the Children's Intensive Care Unit of Linkou Chang Geng Hospital, said that a 3-year-old and 2-month-old child was diagnosed with explosive encephalitis. He went to and from the emergency room for two years. When he arrived at the emergency room for the second time, he had high fever of 41.3 degrees, and had symptoms such as fast heartbeat, shaking limbs, and tilting his head back. He was alert to the possibility of encephalitis and immediately sent the child to the specialized ICU for treatment, but he was still denied after 60 hours of rescue.
Lin Jianzhi attended the "Clinical Disposal and Case Discussion of Children's New Coronavirus Pneumonia Complex Acute Encephalitis" meeting hosted by the " Disease Management Department " on the 21st. He mentioned that a 3-year-old and 2-month-old child with explosive encephalitis was admitted to the death of a 3-year-old child infected with epidemic. The child was originally healthy, and one day he had a confusion in consciousness and fever. The screening was positive. The parents immediately sent the child to the emergency room. After that, the PCR test was confirmed, and the Ct value was 18.
Lin Jianzhi said that the child had a high fever of 41.3 degrees the next afternoon, and was sent to the emergency room for the second time. After entering the emergency room for 20 minutes, his blood pressure began to drop, his limbs were cold and his heartbeat accelerated. "The patient's eyes will open, but he is not very good at speaking." His blood pressure returned to normal for one hour of hospitalization, but his heartbeat was still fast, his consciousness was strange, and his limbs were shaking and his head was leaning back. The emergency doctor was alert to the possibility of encephalitis and immediately sent the child to , the new crown , and he was responsible for the ICU.
Lin Jianzhi said that the child's disease course changes rapidly. He was sent to the ICU for 1 hour in the emergency room. He had CPR after 6 hours of hospitalization. He had poor medication response. For example, in a case of acute necrotizing encephalitis, he died of illness after 60 hours of rescue.
Deputy Head of Taiwan Medical Resilience Group Luo Yijun pointed out that encephalitis cases are increasing in this wave of epidemic. On the 21st, the Pediatric Medical Association and neuroinfection experts both proposed joint treatment guidelines. If children experience 8 major symptoms of severe encephalitis, including body temperature greater than 41 degrees, poor consciousness, continuous lethargy, continuous headache, continuous vomiting, muscle twitching, convulsions and unstable steps, please seek medical attention immediately.
