What symptom is infantile water poisoning

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In the process of infant feeding, especially when feeding water, if you do not grasp the degree, it may lead to water poisoning. Let's take a look at the symptoms of baby water poisoning.

What symptom is infantile water poisoning

First of all: due to brain cell edema and increased intracranial pressure, blurred vision, fatigue, apathy, lack of interest in the surrounding environment, headache, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, convulsion and coma may occur. In addition, there are respiratory and heart rate slowing down, optic nerve papilla edema, even convulsion and cerebral hernia. Due to water retention, weight gain and increased extracellular fluid volume * edema can occur. Saliva and tear secretion may be increased. In the early stage, the urine volume increased, and then the urine was less or even closed. Severe cases may have pulmonary edema.

Second: acute water poisoning is acute. Due to the increase of intracellular and extracellular fluid volume, the inelastic cranial cavity and spinal canal, and brain cell edema, it causes symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, such as headache, aphasia, mental disorder, disorientation, drowsiness, agitation, delirium, and even coma. Further development may lead to brain hernia, resulting in sudden respiratory and cardiac arrest. These are very serious performance, when found to be timely response.

Finally: the symptoms of chronic water poisoning are generally not obvious, often covered by the symptoms of primary diseases, such as weakness, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, weight gain, pale and moist skin.

matters needing attention

The aim of treatment is to protect the function of heart and brain, and to dehydrate and / or correct hypotonic. In the discovery of children with similar diseases, timely treatment is very important.