'Summer disease' increases

At the beginning of this summer, the number of children at hospitals (BV) increased. Early rainy afternoon sun is one of the main reasons that 'summer disease' increases.

Do not give children a lot of bathing

Doctors are taking care of patients with Japanese brain pills (Photo: vnagency) Dr. Truong Huu Khanh, head of the infection department of Children's Hospital 1, said: children are susceptible to illness in the summer due to weather and lifestyle. BS Khanh advised parents: children who are too hot should not bathe many times a day. When children are best bathed, do not wind immediately. Do not from the sun on the house turn on the air conditioner immediately or vice versa.

Sudden changes in temperature will make children more susceptible to disease. If you have been sick, rest, drink plenty of water, do not continue to be overly active. When children find it difficult to breathe, there are symptoms of lightheadedness, convulsions and hospitalization. Parents remember to clean and limit the breeding environment of mosquitoes.

In addition, to prevent diarrhea, Dr. Pham Thi Ngoc Tuyet - head of gastrointestinal department - advised children to eat cooked, well-cooked and hygienic foods. In recent years in the South, there have been cases of children with entero-viral encephalitis. The virus is transmitted by eating and drinking. Furthermore, diarrhea and fever are sometimes the first manifestations of other dangerous diseases.

Pay attention to encephalitis

At Children's Hospital 2 Ho Chi Minh City, in the previous days, there were 3,000-3,100 patients going to the clinic / day, but in the early days of June, the number of patients coming to the examination was nearly 4,000.At Children's Hospital 1, last week, BV received more than 4,800 pediatric patients, an increase of about 300 compared to the beginning of the previous week.According to Dr. Tang Chi Thuong - Director of Children's Hospital 1 - most still children with respiratory infections, followed by gastrointestinal disease, of which about 3% of children are hospitalized.

According to doctors, respiratory illness and digestion in this season of the child is a mild form of disease, most do not have to be hospitalized. However, during the season there are scattered diseases and dangerous complications.

Doctor Tran Huu Nhon, head of General Department of Internal Medicine 1, noted: 'Although Japanese encephalitis appears only in the North, during the season, all parents have to take precautions. . This is a very fatal disease that has been scattered over Japanese brain encephalitis in the past. It is still best to get children to get encephalitis vaccination at medical facilities'.

Regarding complications, Dr. Khanh said there are cases of children with hand and foot syndrome, but parents do not know, take them to a non-specialized clinic, doctors do not guess the disease. Finally, when taking children to BV, there was a complication on encephalitis. Usually, children infected with the virus go away on their own. However, some cases of poor resistance will complicate some serious diseases: encephalitis, meningitis, severe pneumonia, septicemia and gastrointestinal tract. Rubella can also complicate the brain but is very rare.

Although the number of patients has not increased dramatically, Dr. Khanh noted that parents this season will be the "focal point" of dengue fever. Dengue fever is showing signs of strong increase in the southern provinces.

YEN TRINH