Wednesday, February 27, 2008
To prevent Kawasaki disease in children with fever
Children with fever, Parents can not relax our vigilance, thinking that only ordinary influenza, the children ate their own casual drug will be well. According to pediatrician that every 100,000 children under 5, there are hundreds of children suffering from a disease called Kawasaki disease. There are children in the early illness such as fever-like general, but ill, it would affect the operation of cardiac function, or even death. Kawasaki disease in the developed countries, heart disease has become a children's one of the main reasons. Kawasaki disease can be divided into acute, sub-acute and rehabilitation period of three phases. Some of the acute phase symptoms include persistent fever 5-14 days, neck lymphadenopathy, two conjunctival hyperemia, redness and dry lips, strawberry tongue with a red, red palm limbs, heart and vascular also introduced Yan. Anti-fever patients, after entering the acute phase, beginning with a pointed finger toe membrane peeling, inflammation of the joints, swelling, increase in the number of platelets. The rehabilitation period, the patient's blood will be back to normal, the symptoms will gradually disappear. However, the need for doctors or patients, heart ultrasound scanning to ensure that the cardiovascular have returned to normal. Younger children, suffer from the higher risk of Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease patients need admitted to the hospital in receiving aspirin and immunoglobulin antibody treatment until burning retreated, and the rehabilitation of inflammation sites. Particularly important in the pathogenesis of the first 10 days of early treatment, which can reduce complications arising. If there is no timely Kawasaki disease patients receiving treatment, of which 15 to 25 percent of vascular will inflammation, leading to coronary abnormal swelling. Abnormal blood will be inflated in the coronary vulnerable solidification, and the result of abnormal myocardial infarction and arrhythmia, causing death.
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