Qianjiang Evening News·Hour News Reporter He Lina Correspondent Zheng Jia Shi Zongying
In order to cure his son Chuanchuan (pseudonym), Ms. Liu (pseudonym) from Hangzhou frequently went to the hospital. In two months, the registration fee alone cost thousands of yuan, and she was even hospitalized for treatment, but the child's condition still did not improve.
Recently, the cough that tortured Chuanchuan was finally cured by Zhao Shiyong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Hangzhou Children's Hospital, and the whole family was overjoyed. However, the careful Ms. Liu reviewed and analyzed her painful medical experience. When she saw the settlement statement, she was stunned and couldn't help but wonder: She hadn't cured her cough before spending tens of thousands of yuan, but in the end she only took 1.88 yuan medicine to cure it?
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8-year-old boy's cough cannot be cured for a long time
Sometimes he is awakened by coughing in the middle of the night
8-year-old Chuanchuan is a relatively strong boy. He usually has a cold and cough, so he will be cured by taking a little medicine. Therefore, when the child started coughing for no reason during the Spring Festival holiday, Ms. Liu initially thought she had just caught a cold, so she went to the hospital for COVID-19 screening, and the doctor also thought it was acute pharyngitis , so she was asked to go home after taking the medicine.
However, after taking the medicine for three days, Chuanchuan's cough showed no sign of improvement, and after a week, it became even worse. "I coughed day and night, and I coughed even harder at night. Sometimes he woke up from a deep sleep. We listened to the sound of coughing, and wished we could get sick for him." Ms. Liu's voice was full of heartache.
It was from that time that Ms. Liu started the difficult road to help her son fight cough. Internal medicine, respiratory department, otolaryngology... They went to all departments that may be related to cough, and acute pharyngitis, bronchitis, rhinitis, ... The diagnosis of different diseases made Ms. Liu even more anxious.
Because of the cough, Chuanchuan kept asking for leave at home. Fortunately, he was in the lower grade of elementary school and could barely keep up with his parents' tutoring, but he was strictly restricted from going out to play with other children. He was very unhappy about this and occasionally lost his temper.
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The culprit of this family is whooping cough
1.88 yuan cheap medicine actually drove away the child's cough
Why can't the cause of Chuanchuan cough be found? How long will this child be tortured? When it was late at night, Ms. Liu often listened to her son's cough and insomnia, and she had all kinds of random thoughts in her mind.
Until not long ago, a friend suggested that they take Chuanchuan to Hangzhou Children's Hospital for a look. The hospital has rich experience in treating children's diseases and has a high level in the province.
"Because I am not close to home, I didn't know much about this hospital before. I kindly recommend it, so I went to try it. I didn't expect that I hope it's here." Ms. Liu admitted frankly. After checking the relevant information of the hospital, they went straight to Director Zhao Shiyong's famous doctor clinic.
carefully inquired about the medical history, and then read the previous medical records and examination reports. Director Zhao Shiyong told Ms. Liu: "It may be atypical whooping cough." Then, he did two things: one was to give a treatment plan, take oral medication + atomization; the other was to take samples for blood antibody testing.
This time, Ms. Liu was waiting for a surprise. Two days later, Chuanchuan's cough improved significantly. After taking four days of medicine, he went for a follow-up examination and the child had almost recovered. The laboratory test report also confirmed Director Zhao Shiyong's speculation.
Afterwards, when Ms. Liu was sorting out the relevant documents, she discovered that the oral medicine prescribed by Director Zhao Shiyong was only 1.88 yuan.
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After four or five years old, whooping cough antibody level drops
It is necessary to focus on preventing parents from being infected with children
In fact, parents should be familiar with whooping cough, because when the child is 3 months old, they need to receive the whooping cough vaccine.
"However, vaccines cannot guarantee that children will not get this disease 100%. As they age, the antibody level drops, which is generally relatively easy to occur after four or five years old. However, because of the remaining protective effect, the symptoms are atypical, it is difficult to distinguish from ordinary coughs, and it is also ignored." Director Zhao Shiyong said.
Most of the cases of colds and coughs are minor illnesses, but parents need to pay attention to the bad coughs that last for more than 2 weeks. They should seek the help of specialists to find the cause and provide targeted treatment.
. Regarding the 1.88 yuan medicine that Ms. Liu was puzzled by, Director Zhao Shiyong gave an objective analysis: "Our team was fortunate to participate in the formulation of the "Diagnosis and Treatment Suggestions for Children with Pertussis in China". Because we usually treat children like whooping cough, we will consider this direction. And using this cheap drug is also because the doctors used many anti-inflammatory drugs before, so they tried to choose this old drug. It is useful to children, which is the best result. It is not that my level is better than other doctors."
However, Director Zhao Shiyong said that in clinical practice, it is not uncommon for children who have pertussis like Chuanchuan, and is mostly infected by parents or other children. The most pitiful thing is those babies who have been infected before they have time to get vaccinated. Some even have whooping cough and pneumonia, encephalitis and . The condition is serious and they need to be hospitalized for treatment. Therefore, if parents catch a cold and cough, they must also treat it in time, especially to isolate and protect their children at home.
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