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China - Pediatric ward overcrowded due to respiratory illnesses - Wuxi, Jiangsu province

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Children's Hospital packed with sick baby cough, runny nose over six days over three days immediately seek medical advice

2014-11-27 09:55:36 Source: Yangtze Evening News
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This is a respiratory disease of autumn and winter high season, coupled with the recent poor air quality, resistance to weak children bear the brunt of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Clinic, "a guest." Recently, the Children's Hospital of Respiratory overcrowding, beds simply "a hard to find."

Ward overcrowding

Significant increase in respiratory illness


Reporters came to Children's Hospital learned recently hospital pediatric wards are overcrowded. Reporters saw, in addition to the hospital ward, the corridor is also filled with children injections, one side has at least one parent to accompany a child, or even the whole family out, "Now beds tension to a hard to find, and when I first came to see so many people crowded in the hallway, really startled me. "Children come to treatment with Ms. Zhang told reporters.

"Since entering in November, along with the temperature decreased, the children come to see the doctor increased significantly, with an average 3,000 outpatients a day." Nurse on duty told reporters recently went to the hospital for treatment of infants suffering from cough, bronchitis, Children with asthma increase over the previous lot, especially asthmatic disease increased significantly. Because of the dry weather, leading to infant blistering mouth sores, causing cases of viral infection, fever and other symptoms are also many.

Liu looked haggard told reporters that his seven-month-old baby has a fever for several days in a row, along with the couple took turns to take care of the elderly, "the boy's grandmother a few days ago hit a cold bottle just a few days, children has a fever, to the hospital to seek treatment for a particularly large discovery, finally rafts, child injections also strenuous, back up and burned repeatedly for several days, taking into half, my wife and I have a fever after another, already working Busy, busy family net run hospital, toss cruelly. "

Runny nose over six days, cough over three days

Require immediate medical attention

Now kids have colds ye so much? Children's Hospital Outpatient doctor said that the annual high incidence of flu this season were children. "It's a lot of incentive stubble cold, there is viral, there are bacteria, most of the child's blood leukocyte test items are high. Treatment of patients with symptoms of high fever, but not easy to bring down a fever, many children also because of high fever caused convulsions, pneumonia . "

She reminded parents once their children suddenly deteriorated mental state, loss of appetite, sleep disturbances, and looked sluggish, even if only low-grade fever, also recommended immediate medical attention to rule out the possibility of other diseases. If the child can eat, sleep, can play, mental state is acceptable, although the fever can also be observed at home 1-2 days, let the children drink plenty of water, physical cooling, light diet. Although it is not recommended that a cold medicine right away, but once a runny nose symptoms more than six days, cough more than three days, or should go to the hospital, in order to avoid further deterioration of a slight cold into pneumonia, bronchitis, and ultimately not only need medication, sometimes have "static point" anti-inflammatory.

Indoor much ventilation as little as possible to crowded places


Because of this crop preschool children with colds are more doctors remind parents, although it can not be avoided in kindergarten, but try not to send their children to the outdoors crowded places, to protect against the cold bacterial infection. In addition, parents work outside the home or not wash, wash your hands, then direct hugging, kissing the child, it is possible to carry out back to-child transmission of pathogens.

Doctors advise parents who try to hospital during the day, while the distinction between emergency and general symptoms. In fact, in many cases at home can be promptly treated, the disease was observed no major changes, you can not see the emergency room overnight. Try to give children with limited resources at night really urgent. In addition, because the temperature is unstable, parents with children it is best not to crowded places. Children prevent colds in winter, in addition to pay attention to dress, the family should pay attention to ventilation, keep indoor air clean; sooner or later, to ensure that children do not eat the wind, away from home and go back to the wind; a balanced diet, adequate exercise and so on. Reporter quarter Nana

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