Acidosis in children?

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We have all heard of food poisoning, and we know a lot about it. But do you know that there is a kind of acidosis called acidosis, acidosis generally occurs in the body of adults, there are individual children will appear acidosis phenomenon. So what are the symptoms of acidosis in children? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Acidosis in children?

The main clinical manifestation of metabolic acidosis in children: the symptoms of mild acidosis are not obvious, which are often covered by the primary disease. Severe acidosis is characterized by deep and powerful breathing, cherry red lips, listlessness, drowsiness, nausea, frequent vomiting, increased heart rate, restlessness, and even lethargy, coma, convulsion, etc.

In severe acidosis, when the plasma pH value is less than 7.2, the myocardial contraction is weak, the heart rate turns slow, the cardiac output decreases, the peripheral vascular resistance decreases, resulting in hypotension, heart failure and ventricular fibrillation. The respiratory compensation function of infants less than half a year old is poor. The respiratory changes of infants with acidosis are not typical, often only mental depression and pale complexion.

If children, urine volume and frequency will be significantly reduced, and even anuria. Such children have dry lips, pale or gray complexion, purple lips and nails, and cool limbs. If you observe carefully, you will find that the child is depressed or irritable, obviously emaciated, with sunken eyes. If you pinch the skin on the inside of the abdomen or thigh, you will feel more relaxed than usual. By this time, it was already severe dehydration, and the child's condition was quite dangerous, so he needed to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment immediately.

matters needing attention

When the child's body is found to have a wound, it can be nursed according to the doctor's knowledge. Diet needs to eat more light and sugar free food, healthy diet and good living environment can make children recover faster, prevention of acidosis is very simple.