Symptoms of meningitis in children

summary

Viral encephalitis in children (referred to as diseased brain) is a group of central nervous system infectious diseases caused by various viruses, which are characterized by mental and consciousness disorders. Most of the patients had a history of upper respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract infection, and a history of contact with animals or insects. The severity of the disease varies, mild can be self remission, severe can lead to sequelae or death. Let's talk about the symptoms of meningitis in children.

Symptoms of meningitis in children

1. Children in prodromal stage have fever, headache, myalgia, vomiting, diarrhea and other manifestations.

2. The symptoms of encephalitis vary in severity, mainly manifested as neuropsychiatric abnormalities. The most common manifestations of neurological abnormalities are fever, headache, vomiting, drowsiness, coma, convulsion, etc. in severe cases, the symptoms of brain, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, brain stem, cerebellum and spinal cord may have abnormal manifestations. Mental disorders include excitement, multilingualism, irritability, inconstancy of crying and laughing, insomnia, abnormal behavior, hallucination, fantasy, or indifference, silence, decreased activity, no eating, poor orientation, memory loss, incontinence of urine and feces, etc.

3. The accompanying symptoms are the symptoms of corresponding virus infection before or at the same time of encephalitis.

matters needing attention

For sober children, more care and consideration should be given to them to enhance their self-care ability and confidence. Often communicate with children to promote the recovery of their language function.