4hw.com.cn: every time the seasons change, there is a high incidence period of cold and flu. Especially for children, they have poor physical resistance. If they are not careful, they will get flu. Moreover, the symptoms of flu and cold are very similar. How to distinguish? What are the symptoms of influenza in children? What are the treatments for influenza in children? Let's have a look with Xiaobian.
What are the symptoms of influenza in children
Children are 30 to 40 percent more likely to get the flu virus. Children with infection will also show different symptoms due to different ages. Smaller babies often have severe bronchitis, laryngitis, tracheitis with sputum, and severe cases can be difficult to breathe. The older babies have the symptoms of sore limbs, dizziness, sore throat, weakness, cough and sore throat, often accompanied by high fever.
When infants and young children suffer from influenza, they often have high fever, and their temperature will rise and fall between 38 ℃ and 41 ℃. In addition, there will be vomiting, diarrhea, runny nose and other phenomena. At this stage, it is difficult for babies to distinguish from other respiratory viruses when they have influenza. Newborn babies may also be reluctant to eat, oversleep, apnea and other phenomena, serious illness also need to be treated with artificial respirators.
The symptoms of influenza B are similar to those of type A, but most of the symptoms of influenza B children appear in the eyes and nose, and the pain of the lower limbs caused by acute benign myositis will appear, but the general poisoning discomfort such as dizziness and weakness is slight. Type C is mainly manifested in upper respiratory tract infection, which is usually mild. Under normal circumstances, if there is no complication, the fever will only last for three to four days. After that, the poisoning will be alleviated, but there will be cough and general weakness in the next two weeks.
How to deal with influenza in children?
1. Pay attention to the change of children's temperature. Generally, take the temperature for children every 3-4 hours. Give children antipyretics, and children should drink more water, pay attention to rest, this is conducive to antipyretic.
2. Pay attention to the hygiene and warmth preservation of the room, and carry out simple disinfection of the room. In a 100m? Space, dissolve 2-4ml of lactic acid in 10 times of water, heat and evaporate to disinfect the air.
3. Pay attention to ventilation and keep the humidity at 55%.
4. The paper towels used by children to wipe their noses should be disposed of in time; the used towels should be disinfected with boiling water.
5. Don't let children go to kindergarten before they recover, so as not to infect other children.
For the following cases, you must go to the hospital for medical treatment:
1. Children also suffer from furosemide or asthma.
2. The child has a high fever, or the child's temperature can't fall within 36 hours.
3. After the children have influenza symptoms, they have rashes again, which is likely to be measles.
4. Children have a bad cough, so they are likely to have lung infection.
5. Children's runny nose is thick and yellow, which is likely to cause sinusitis.
6. If children feel pain in their ears, they are likely to suffer from otitis media.
7. Vomiting occurred in children.