What symptom is Kawasaki disease?

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Kawasaki disease is a common condition. It does not seem to be a serious disease, but if it is not treated in time, it may lead to other more serious cases. Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile disease. The children who get KD are usually from 2 months to 5 years old. If they get KD, they should be treated in time. Otherwise, it may become a risk factor for coronary heart disease when they grow up. Now let's introduce the symptoms of KD.

What symptom is Kawasaki disease?

First, because the cause of Kawasaki disease is not clear, so now there are different opinions. Clinically, Kawasaki disease is suspected of acute infection, but no infection is found. So the theory of infection is not yet established. The common symptom of Kawasaki disease is high fever. It's about 39 degrees.

Second: if the time of fever in general patients is short-term, that is four or five days, some patients have a longer time, which may last for a week or two. Some patients with fever after the face will appear red and swollen phenomenon, that is often said the face red and swollen. Some patients will also appear in the body with different sizes of macular papules. Some patients will appear dry lips and split phenomenon, some patients even appear oral mucosal bleeding symptoms.

Third: some patients' tongue will present bayberry tongue, and some patients in oral cavity will have symptoms of mucosal congestion, but there will be no ulcer. When the patient has fever, and the patient's eyes, lips and rash, it can be diagnosed as Kawasaki disease. If the child is diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, he needs to go to the hospital immediately.

matters needing attention

1. Bed rest: children with acute fever should be absolutely bed rest to reduce oxygen consumption and protect the heart. 2. Diet: give light liquid food or semi liquid food with high calorie, high protein and high vitamin, supply sufficient water, and frequently feed water to children.