Record heat, thousands of children in Nghe An hospitalized

(Baonghean.vn) -In3Over the past few days, the hot weather has caused thousands of children in Nghe An to get sick and have to go to the doctor and be hospitalized for treatment.

The heat over the past three days has forced many children to be hospitalized. Photo: Thanh Chung

2 days, 1,000 children go to hospital

In the past 3 days, Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital has received a large number of children for examination and treatment, double the number compared to normal times. According to the statistics of Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, on June 1-2, there were over 1,000 children coming for examination and treatment. On the morning of June 3 alone, 15 children had to be hospitalized in the respiratory department, bringing the number of patients in the department to over 100....

The number of children coming for examination is large, the weather is hot, relatives and patients have to wait tiredly.

Saturday afternoon - June 3, although it was a holiday, many parents brought their children to see a doctor. Photo: Thanh Chung

Most children get sick due to weather effects such as respiratory problems, diarrhea, rash fever, viral fever, etc. Ms. Nguyen Thi Loan in Bai Son commune, Do Luong brought her 4-year-old granddaughter Nguyen Ngoc Trinh to the doctor and said:

“My parents work far away, I live with my grandmother. Yesterday morning, I was still playing and eating normally; around 9-10am, I saw that my child had a runny nose and said he had a sore throat. I touched his forehead and felt that he was starting to have a fever, so I gave him some fever reducer but it didn’t help. This morning, I saw that he had a high fever and his eyes were lethargic. I was so worried that I brought him here for a check-up, and the doctor concluded that he had acute bronchitis.”

Many children suffer from respiratory diseases, diarrhea, dermatitis and hand, foot and mouth disease. Photo: Thanh Chung

Not only in the clinic but also in the treatment departments, there are many patients. In the Respiratory Department, most of the hospitalized children have symptoms of severe cough, difficulty breathing, wheezing, high fever, and diarrhea. In the Infectious Diseases Department, many children have dangerous diseases such as encephalitis, tetanus, chickenpox, hand, foot and mouth disease. In addition, there are quite a few children with atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, and skin infections.

The weather will continue to be complicated, long periods of heat will create conditions for some diseases to develop. Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha - Head of the Examination Department commented: When severe heat waves appear and last long, summer diseases, especially in children and the elderly, will have the opportunity to break out such as: viral fever, dengue fever, acute diarrhea, and meningitis.

Need to proactively prevent diseases for children

Master, Doctor Bui Anh Son - Head of the Respiratory Department said: The cause of respiratory diseases in children is due to the overuse of air conditioning. The respiratory system of children is very sensitive to cold air. When children breathe a lot of cold air, the respiratory mucosa reacts with congestion, edema and increased secretion.

Prolonged respiratory congestion and edema will create a favorable environment for pathogenic microorganisms to grow, causing outbreaks of chronic respiratory diseases.

Struggling in the heat, parents and children had to wait in the hallway. Photo: Thanh Cuong

To prevent respiratory diseases in children, parents should not let the electric fan blow directly on the child, because the child will easily catch a cold; do not turn on the fan after bathing; do not suddenly enter or exit a room with an air conditioner running to avoid catching a cold.

Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha - Head of the Examination Department recommends: In the summer, children are very susceptible to diseases, so parents need to pay more attention to their children's health. Children must be regularly monitored for health to promptly detect and treat diseases.

If you see signs of cough, fever, diarrhea, discomfort, poor feeding, sleeping less or sleeping more than usual, fussiness and rapid breathing, you should take your child to see a doctor. Parents should also pay attention and not treat their children at home, because improper treatment will make the child's condition worse and lead to many unpredictable complications.

Doctor Bui Anh Son - Head of the Respiratory Department said: There are many sick children being treated at the Department related to the use of air conditioning.

Parents need to pay attention to environmental hygiene and personal hygiene for children; vaccinate children against diseases such as chickenpox, whooping cough, mumps, rubella; provide children with adequate nutrition, a varied diet, and increase vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins C and A to support the immune system.

To prevent digestive diseases, do not let children eat raw vegetables, spoiled food, do not drink raw water, drink a lot of ice water; use a food cover to cover food and kill flies; wash hands with soap before eating and preparing food.

According to doctors, during the summer, in addition to preventing illness due to hot weather, parents need to pay attention to prevent accidents and injuries to children. There have been many cases of children being burned, electrocuted, having traffic accidents, falling and breaking their arms and legs due to climbing, or being bitten by animals. Parents need to teach their children to recognize the risks of accidents to themselves./.

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