Warning about 4 common diseases in children during Tet
(Baonghean.vn) - During Tet, families often go out and travel. However, during this time, lifestyle changes, eating and drinking are not nutritious and hygienic, and going out a lot makes children susceptible to diseases... Below are the diseases that children are most susceptible to during Tet, parents should not ignore.
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| During Tet, the erratic weather makes children susceptible to upper respiratory diseases such as tonsillitis, sore throat, cough, flu, etc. Children with low resistance are susceptible to more serious complications, progressing to lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis, pneumonia, etc. with the risk of respiratory failure such as high fever, difficulty breathing, wheezing, pale skin, and convulsions. |
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| During Tet, children often eat a lot of food at the same time, eat strange foods, foods high in fat, especially foods that are not guaranteed in quality, contaminated foods, etc. At a mild level, children can have digestive disorders; more dangerously, if children get food poisoning, they will have symptoms of stomachache, prolonged diarrhea appearing 1-3 hours after eating, children will vomit continuously or vomit many times a day. |
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| During Tet, for children with allergies, frequent travel, unbalanced diets, and disrupted daily routines can weaken their immune systems, increasing the risk of seasonal allergies. Strange foods and drinks during these days can also cause allergies in children. |
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| Parents need to pay attention to the signs of hand, foot and mouth disease in children after the holiday season, Tet because this disease is very contagious. Symptoms of the disease are sore throat, fever, rash in the mouth, hands, feet or buttocks; sore throat, tongue, mouth and loss of appetite... The cause is enterovirus, transmitted by direct contact with saliva, nasal discharge, secretions of infected people. |