Symptoms of tuberculosis in children

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Many children have tuberculosis. The symptoms of children with tuberculosis may be different. Some children suffering from tuberculosis, there may be body fever, persistent low fever, night sweats, cough and expectoration. If this happens, the family must take the child to the hospital for treatment, and pay attention to avoid being infected. Parents should be aware of the symptoms of TB in their children

Symptoms of tuberculosis in children

Generally, children with tuberculosis will have fever, such as long-term low fever, which usually starts in the afternoon or evening. In addition to low fever, children are also accompanied by mental fatigue, fatigue, night sweats, weight loss and so on. If there is no treatment for tuberculosis for a long time, the disease will aggravate, there may be a sudden high fever or irritability, crying for no reason.

Many children with tuberculosis bacteria will spread to the lungs, and through respiratory tract infection, so after infection, children will appear chronic cough, expectoration and even hemoptysis. In view of this situation, children need to go to the hospital to check blood routine, do chest X-ray, etc. Many children because of physical discomfort, so there will be loss of appetite, children will stop eating, so the body resistance will decline.

Children with tuberculosis are usually in low spirits and abnormal mood. For example, some children are more active before they get sick, and may not love words after they get sick. If a child is calm before seeing a doctor, he may become more irritable after getting sick. These conditions are very common, and may also be accompanied by headache, diarrhea and other conditions.

matters needing attention

To sum up, many children around us will suffer from tuberculosis through respiratory tract infection or bacterial infection. Tuberculosis is harmful to children's health. For example, it can make children have headache, diarrhea, gastrointestinal discomfort, dyspnea, fever, etc. Once this happens, parents must not take it lightly. They must send their children to regular hospitals for treatment and avoid being infected.