Symptoms of viral encephalitis in infants

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Viral encephalitis is a common brain disease, mainly in children. The main symptoms of the patients are fever, headache, vomiting, disturbance of consciousness, convulsions and so on. The viral encephalitis that should be paid attention to has a great impact on the health of the patients, and the serious cases will threaten the life safety of the patients. As parents, we should pay enough attention to the prevention and treatment of the disease. Below to understand the baby's viral encephalitis related symptoms.

Symptoms of viral encephalitis in infants

Prodromal performance: the vast majority of sick babies have a history of virus infection before they get sick. The baby will have symptoms of fever, muscle soreness, weakness and lack of appetite. These symptoms are similar to those of a cold. Some parents will think that the baby has a cold and don't pay attention to it. As a result, the disease will develop further and the child will have corresponding neurological symptoms, This shows that the disease has developed to a more serious stage. At this time, not only the disease worsened, but also the injury to patients and the difficulty of treatment increased. Therefore, parents for suspicious changes in the baby to be vigilant, timely with children to see a doctor.

The clinical manifestations of viral encephalitis vary greatly with the severity of the disease. Mild viral encephalitis symptoms are relatively mild, patients will have mild fever or headache symptoms, but these symptoms have the possibility of self-healing. Headache, vomiting and meningeal irritation are typical symptoms of viral encephalitis. The baby may have high fever or low fever, but the fever may last for a long time. When the baby's headache is obvious, if the older children can express it, for the younger ones, they will not tell, they will cry or clap their heads, and some babies will vomit, so parents must pay attention to it. To avoid the development of children's disease.

Other manifestations due to the different pathogens of infection, the baby may also have some accompanying symptoms, such as encephalitis induced by mumps virus often has symptoms of parotid and submandibular gland swelling and pain, enterovirus infection often has symptoms of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

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The above is about the introduction of the problem of "what are the related symptoms of baby viral encephalitis". I believe we have a better understanding of the problem. Parents should pay more attention to children's health, and take children to the regular hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible for the abnormal changes of children. Clear etiology, in order to more effective treatment of the disease, avoid missing the best recovery period of the disease.