Symptoms of herpangina in children?

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The child played crazily for a day. The next morning, he got up to see that something was wrong with her. He began to have a runny nose and no spirit. He touched her forehead and it was a little hot. The first feeling was that she had a cold. She had a runny nose before. Take a thermometer to measure her temperature, 37.5, not high temperature, to the normal temperature at noon, the spirit is good, then my heart down, thought it was a simple cold. Symptoms of herpangina in children? I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of herpangina in children?

1. Symptoms: sudden onset, high fever, sore throat, restlessness, salivation, anorexia, vomiting, general discomfort, dysphagia, mental depression and convulsion. If the disease occurs alone, it often has no systemic symptoms. Infants often cry and do not want to eat when they eat.

2. Physical examination can find pharyngeal hyperemia, in the pharyngopalatal arch, soft palate, uvula mucosa can see several to dozens of 2-4mm size of gray white herpes, around the red halo, 1-2 days later burst into small ulcers, the surface is covered with yellowish or white pseudomembrane. Herpes can also occur in other parts of the mouth. Submandibular lymphadenopathy with tenderness may be found. The course of disease was about one week.

3. Herpetic stomatitis is caused by herpes simplex virus type I infection. It is more common in children aged 1-3 years old. There is no significant seasonal difference in the incidence of ulcers, showing larger and longer lasting ulcers. Herpangina: herpangina mainly occurs in the pharynx and soft palate, sometimes in the tongue, but does not involve the gingiva and buccal mucosa, which is quite different from herpangina.

matters needing attention

Children should develop the habit of frequent hand washing, less to public places, indoor ventilation, do not use antibiotics at will. Because the initial symptoms of herpangina are not different from common cold, it is easy to be mistaken as a cold and delay treatment. When the child has discomfort symptoms, parents should take the child to the regular hospital for diagnosis in time, in order to take the correct method and timely symptomatic treatment.