What are the characteristics of children's flu?

During the flu epidemic season, more than 40% of preschool children and 30% of school-age children are prone to flu:

Under normal circumstances, healthy children may only show mild influenza after being infected with influenza virus. They often get sick suddenly. The main symptom is fever. The highest body temperature can reach 39-40 degrees Celsius, which is often accompanied by chills and chills. tremble.

Because metabolites increase during high fever, children often have symptoms of such headaches, muscle aches, fatigue, loss of appetite, and so on. Other children may have cold symptoms such as cough, sore throat, runny nose, and nasal congestion. A small number of them may have gastrointestinal manifestations, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc., and this symptom is more than that of adults.

The symptoms of influenza in infants and young children are actually not as typical as children, and may only be manifested as fever and a little cough.

Newborn influenza is relatively rare, but it is not uncommon. After infection, there will often be many complications, such as pneumonia. Other clinical manifestations may include non-feeding, lethargy, poor breathing, and so on.

In children, influenza viruses can often cause acute laryngitis, otitis media, tracheitis, bronchitis and pneumonia, etc. These clinical complications are more common than adults. Therefore, we need to pay more attention and try our best to distinguish whether the child is flu or not, find out in time, and get treatment in time.

Why are children more susceptible to flu?

Influenza viruses spread more easily in densely populated places.

Children have relatively low immunity. Children in kindergartens and schools are densely populated places, so they are more likely to spread infections among the crowd. It is recommended that you try not to take your baby to places with excessive crowds, and do not go to places that are not easy to ventilate. , Such as supermarkets and shopping malls.

Children under 5 years old (those under 2 years old are more likely to have serious complications), as high-risk groups of influenza, should strengthen prevention.

What is the difference between the flu and the common cold?

The names and symptoms of the two diseases, flu and cold, are partly similar, and it is easy to confuse them.

Compared with the common cold, the flu will have more severe symptoms and longer symptoms, and it will cause a higher fatality rate. Its death is often caused by complications, and the common cold is often not as serious as these. However, it does not mean that everyone does not pay attention to the common cold, because any situation can lead to changes in the condition. To understand the differences in clinical symptoms between colds and flu, we can screen children as soon as possible when they have related symptoms.

How to prevent flu?

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your hands frequently, especially before and after meals, after touching your eyes, nose or mouth, and after going out and going home; try to wash with hand sanitizer or soap and running water;

2. Keep the environment clean and ventilated, and minimize to crowded and polluted places;

3. In schools, hospitals and other public places and at home, you should try to avoid contact with patients with respiratory tract infections. If you have to do so, please take personal protection, such as wearing a mask.

4. If someone in the family is infected with the flu, it is recommended to isolate as much as possible, especially to reduce the chance of contact with the child; if there are two children, when one of them is infected with the flu, one family member should be relatively fixed as far as possible to take care of the child and strengthen personal protection Wear a mask when coming into close contact with patients; other family members should minimize the chance of contact with children with influenza, especially children who are not infected with influenza, and minimize contact with children.

5. According to temperature changes, increase or decrease clothes for children, balance diet, strengthen exercise, ensure sleep, and enhance physical fitness and immunity;

6. Influenza vaccination is the best preventive method. Except for special circumstances (less than 6 months old, allergic to eggs and other diseases that are not suitable for vaccination, etc.), it is recommended to vaccinate children under the guidance of medical workers before the flu season. vaccine.