Thousands of children are hospitalized every day, hospitals are overloaded.

(Baonghean.vn)- The changing weather has caused thousands of children to be hospitalized. Nghe An Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital is overloaded, many children have to lie on hospital beds in the hallway.

At Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, the number of children suffering from respiratory diseases increases sharply when the weather turns cold. Photo: Thanh Son.

Specialist Doctor 2 Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha, Head of the Examination Department, Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital said: In the past 5 days, the hospital has received nearly 1,000 children for examination and treatment every day, especially on peak days there were more than 1,200 children.

At the Respiratory Department, the number of pediatric patients increased to 190 children/day last week, compared to 160 children/day on normal days. The ENT Department has days when it receives more than 300 children/day, compared to only about 200 children/day on normal days.

The large number of sick children gathered, along with the erratic weather, led to a shortage of hospital beds. Some sick children and their relatives had to practice lying in beds in the air-tight corridors that the hospital had arranged for them.

The reason for this situation is that the weather is about to enter winter, the temperature difference between day and night is large, plus the influence of the Northeast Monsoon causing rain makes the air colder.

Bed overload is happening at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital. Many children have to lie in the hallway. Photo: Khanh Hien

Young children have an incomplete immune system, poor resistance and immunity, plus their airways are short and narrow, so viruses and bacteria can easily invade. Children do not have enough strength to resist the attack of pathogens from the outside, so they are susceptible to diseases such as rhinitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, even leading to bronchitis and pneumonia, causing respiratory failure.

To prevent children from getting sick when the weather changes and the cold air comes, Specialist 2 Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha recommends: Parents need to ensure a reasonable and nutritious diet for children every day to help children increase their resistance, ensure food hygiene to avoid digestive diseases for children.

Doctor CK 2 Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha recommends: Parents need to ensure children's nutrition, eat cooked food and drink boiled water. Photo: Khanh Hien

It is necessary to keep children warm when the weather turns cold, especially children with a history of allergies and asthma. Pay attention to keeping the temperature suitable for children, do not dress children too warmly, causing sweat to seep back into the body, causing children to catch a cold or pneumonia.

Parents need to encourage the habit of washing hands properly and regularly every day in children to eliminate pathogens; Carry out the full vaccination of children according to their age to have the most proactive and effective way to prevent disease.

For children with fever above 38.5 degrees Celsius who do not reduce it with fever reducer; lethargic, lethargic children or children who are difficult to wake up; children who breastfeed poorly, stop breastfeeding or eating, breathe rapidly, have difficulty breathing or have convulsions... it is necessary to take the child to a medical facility for timely examination and treatment./.

Khanh Hien