Symptoms of bronchitis in children

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Bronchiolitis in children refers to inflammation of the bronchus. The pathological changes of bronchiolitis in children mainly occur in the bronchioles of the lung, that is, the bronchioles. Therefore, the disease is called "bronchiolitis". It is usually a complication caused by common cold, influenza and other viral infections, and may also be caused by bacterial infection, It is a common acute upper respiratory tract infection in children. The symptom of infantile bronchitis? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of bronchitis in children

The onset of the disease is acute, with pre cold symptoms, such as cough and sneezing. After 1-2 days, the cough worsens, with paroxysmal dyspnea, wheezing, pale complexion, cyanosis of lips, and three concave signs. The lung signs are mainly wheezing in the early stage, followed by moist sound. Severe symptoms can be accompanied by congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, hypoxic encephalopathy and water and electrolyte disorders. The general temperature is not more than 38.5 ℃, and the course of disease is 1-2 weeks.

Most of the white blood cells were normal or slightly increased. Blood gas analysis showed hypoxemia and decreased or increased arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide. The chest X-ray showed thickening of lung texture, enhancement of bilateral lung transmittance, or small shadow and atelectasis. If possible, it can be used for rapid diagnosis of respiratory tract secretion virus to determine the type of virus.

Healthy children have rare complications, but in malnutrition, low immune function, congenital respiratory tract malformation, chronic nasopharyngitis, rickets and other children, they are not only prone to bronchitis, but also prone to pneumonia, otitis media, laryngitis and paranasal sinusitis.

matters needing attention

Keep warm: temperature change, especially the stimulation of cold, can reduce the local resistance of bronchial mucosa and aggravate the condition of bronchitis. Therefore, parents should timely increase or decrease the clothing for children with temperature change, especially cover the children with quilt during sleep to keep the temperature above 36.5 ℃.