The first case of severe illness in an infected child in China, after the diagnosis of a 2-year-old boy, there was acute encephalitis combined with multiple respiratory organ abnormalities, and the condition was relatively serious emergency intubation treatment, which caused parents to worry that children infected with the new crown are not mostly mild diseases?
Hong Kong recently reported the same phenomenon, infected children suddenly appeared in encephalitis, although there is no such situation in Europe and the United States, it means that this phenomenon may be particularly needed in Chinese and East Asia. Small children are at higher risk of severe illness!
How to observe the domestic epidemic situation, the number of confirmed cases is no longer the only indicator, many experts have suggested paying attention to the number of severe illness and death, today's most concerned is the first case of infection with new crown children with severe illness, this 2-year-old boy has not been vaccinated, has no chronic medical history, 4/14 of the test was confirmed to be admitted to the hospital, after diagnosis of new crown pneumonia, from the hospital condition has been intubated.
Is it just that in the past, it has not been considered that most infections in children are mild? Huang Limin explained: "The new crown virus is a bit similar to the flu, some children will suddenly become encephalitis, the virus attack breathing is not so serious, but it will attack the brain, especially in small children, it is difficult to predict, often it is only after the attack to know." 」
According to foreign analysis reports, the proportion of severe illness in children is about 1%, and Qiu Zhengxun, vice president of Linkou Changgeng Hospital, also mentioned: "The probability of severe illness in children is lower than that of adults, but there is still a certain proportion, which is easy to occur in children who are relatively young, or children who have autoimmune diseases and related comorbidities, and do not think that this virus is a cold."
Encephalitis in children after infection! Asia is more common than Europe and the United States
Even if children suffer from severe covid-19 and have a low mortality rate, but in the United States, converted into Taiwan data, there may still be dozens of cases, and if children cause encephalitis in the future, there will be more sequelae, Huang Limin mentioned: "Hong Kong has also recently reported that the same phenomenon has been seen, infected children suddenly appear encephalitis, there are not many individual cases in Taiwanese children, there are now one encephalitis, it is indeed worrying, if there is a second serious case later, it may represent a higher risk of Chinese."
In response to the overall heating up of the domestic epidemic, how to protect children?
The most important thing is prevention, so vaccination has become very important, reducing exposure, the epidemic has been evolving, and then we need to focus more on the problem of children infected."
How can parents protect their children's health?
For children's health, the experts made several recommendations:
If the child is eligible for vaccination, try to vaccinate The parent should be vaccinated if the child is not vaccinated
Reduce exposure to crowded areas
Practice good handwashing
Children with symptoms parents should be alert to seek medical attention as soon as possible
There are four common symptoms of COVID-19 infection in children:
sore throat
Runny nose, nasal congestion
cough
fever
Warning signs of post-COVID-19 infection in children:
Wheezing, difficulty breathing
Persistent chest pain, tightness
Unconscious, convulsive
The skin, lips, and nail beds are blue
In addition, some warning signs, including pumping, unconsciousness, altered consciousness, systemic infections, dyspnea have affected the lungs, chest pain, have affected the lungs, cardiopulmonary function, blue lips have symptoms of hypoxia, be sure to notify the emergency medical evacuation.