Cough has an "empty" sound, which may really not be a common cold, so be careful.
Because there is one of the most serious critical diseases in children, it is similar to a cold at first, with symptoms such as stuffy nose, cough and fever, but it is aggressive and extremely lethal. Some children may get sick very quickly, and may suddenly suffocate, and the rescue is not timely or even life-threatening. It is acute laryngitis in children (usually occurring in children from 6 months to 3 years old).
Acute laryngitis has three typical characteristics that parents must keep in mind:
1, hoarse
If the child doesn't shout or talk too much that day, but his voice is hoarse and labored, and what's more, he speaks like a whisper or loses his voice completely, he must be vigilant.
2, inspiratory laryngeal wheezing
Because laryngitis can cause congestion and edema in the throat, when the child inhales, the airflow will make a sound when passing through the narrow lumen, which sounds like whistling, but it is not obvious when exhaling.
3. The dog barks and coughs
The sound of laryngitis cough is obviously different from that of ordinary cough. It sounds like "Sorakara Ku" and is called "barking cough". Some parents will describe it as a sound like a broken gong.
Acute laryngitis is generally mild during the day and aggravated at night. With the development of the disease, symptoms such as irritability, cyanosis, fatigue, cold sweat and rapid pulse may appear.
If you can't judge, remember: don't hesitate for a second when your child has difficulty breathing and is suspected of acute laryngitis. Go to the hospital at once. Treating acute laryngitis is a race against time.
If acute laryngitis is diagnosed, the doctor may use glucocorticoid in the treatment.
Parents should never resist the word "hormone". This is a life-saving medicine, which can quickly reduce the degree of edema, keep the baby breathing smoothly, and avoid suffocation caused by aggravation.
It is necessary to know that short-term standardized use of hormonal drugs will not have adverse effects on children.
Now the weather is getting colder and colder, and all kinds of viruses and bacteria can easily find you. Children may get sick if they are not careful.
Parents should be reminded not to use antitussive drugs without authorization when coughing.
Because a slight cough does not require antitussive treatment, especially when there is phlegm, simply using antitussive drugs is not conducive to the discharge of respiratory secretions.
Some parents said: The child has been coughing. If you don't use cough medicine, will you cough up pneumonia?
Parents need to be clear about this. Pneumonia is not a cough. Cough is only a symptom of this disease, not a cause.
According to WHO's Prevention and Treatment Plan for Children with Acute Respiratory Infection, the standards for children with shortness of breath are as follows:
If the baby's breathing frequency approaches or exceeds the above value, it is necessary to be alert to pneumonia. Better go to the hospital to investigate.
In addition, most patients with pneumonia will have symptoms of dyspnea, such as repeatedly choking milk, breathing loudly, holding their breath, smelling the nose and so on. And children with severe pneumonia will also have three concave signs (obvious depression of suprasternal fossa, supraclavicular fossa and intercostal space when inhaling).
Mother kangaroo has something to say:
Many diseases are like colds from the beginning. If you treat a cold by mistake, it will delay the treatment opportunity and may cause irreparable consequences. So, learn more knowledge to better protect your baby's health ~