Special attention should be paid when the cold Oh Do not ECM ...........................

Special attention should be paid when the cold Oh Do not ECM
People's Liberation Army Hospital 304 Yu-ming, director of pediatric introduced her reception last spring of a case. They called small patients, 5 years old, a very cute boy. The beginning of cough, fever, to the hospital inspection, took cold medicine point. Children two days illness, high fever, convulsions, parents rushed him to the 304 hospitals.余主任asked about the history and has done a careful inspection, found the body obviously scattered spots of suspected meningitis. By blood, siltation of bacteriology spot checks and do lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid test, which turns out to be meningitis. Due to the timely rescue, measures properly, obviously only a small pull through.

余主任said that the ECM is that we often say that the epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is caused by meningococcus acute respiratory infectious diseases is high in winter and spring period, especially the third, prone to pop in April, the general multi - found in 15 children under the age of 6 months to 2-year-old the highest incidence rates in infants and young children.

According to余主任briefing, the general incidence of meningitis after three stages. Early performance for respiratory tract infection, runny nose, sore throat, cough, etc.; The second stage is a systemic symptoms, high fever, chills, headache, skin and blood on the point, silt spots, accompanied by cold hands and feet, to accelerate the pulse, blood pressure drop in symptoms such as ; the third stage, patients with severe headache, frequent vomiting, neck tough, convulsion, convulsions, coma, shock and other serious symptoms of the nervous system. ECM, such as emergency treatment is not timely, the mortality rate is very high, is a serious threat to the health of children with acute infectious diseases.

余主任said that with the improvement of sanitary conditions in our country and all levels of government have attached great importance to ECM in China has been effectively controlled, but each year, ranging from the number of cases occurred, because of its early clinical symptoms very similar to flu, is often easier be mistaken for colds, flu, missed the best opportunity for treatment. Therefore, she reminded the children of parents and doctors, in the epidemic season for the ECM to maintain a high degree of vigilance, first, to give their children vaccinated meningitis vaccine, to enhance immunity; second is home to regular fenestration often ventilation, ground drying pillows, blankets the sun's ultraviolet rays in there to kill the role of meningococcus; three seasons in the popular children to refrain from public places and crowded places, in order to reduce the risk of infection; Fourth minds to have this string, if found Children with fever, cough, symptoms such as ventilation, especially when he found his fingers appeared not to fade after the compression of silt and sediment plaque, it is necessary to think of meningitis may be, do not negligent, the hospital examination and treatment as soon as possible and, if necessary lumbar cerebrospinal fluid can be conducted at the laboratory, to prevent misdiagnosis, the treatment of missed opportunity, causing serious consequences.