2-month-old baby has brain damage, and most of this winter emergency comes from excessive "care"

In the cold winter, worried about the child's cold and cold, parents pay special attention to keeping their children warm. Some children are tightly wrapped in three outer layers and sleep with a large quilt.

Doctors caution that excessive warmth can cause your child to develop fever syndrome, an emergency that can lead to brain damage, multifunctional organ failure, and even life-threatening illness. Recently, a child with fever syndrome who is less than two months old was admitted to the first ward of the Intensive Care Department of Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital.

"I really didn't expect the consequences to be so serious!" Mingming's father, Mr. Xie (pseudonym), recalled the scene at that time, with unspeakable remorse and heartache. The baby boy MingMing (pseudonym), who lives in Changsha, was born only 19 days after January. At 4:00 a.m. on December 11, after feeding Mingming, his parents put Mingming to sleep in a separate crib. At this time, Mingming wore 2 clothes, and was also wrapped in a quilt with a hat, worried about the low temperature at night, his parents put a hat on Mingming and covered it with a layer of quilts. Usually, around 7 o'clock in the morning, I would wake up crying for milk, but that day the child was exceptionally quiet. Mom and Dad thought they were sleeping, and they didn't get up to see him. It wasn't until about 9 a.m. that my parents got up and saw that Mingming was covered in a quilt, and when he opened the quilt, he found that Mingming was sweating profusely and foaming at the mouth, and there was no reaction. The impatient parents immediately sent Mingming to the Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital.

Zhu Desheng, deputy chief physician of the Department of Critical Care Medicine of Hunan Children's Hospital, pays close attention to Mingming's vital signs. Photo by Yao Jiaqi

"At present, the child's condition is still critical." Zhu Desheng, deputy chief physician of the hospital's department of critical care medicine, said that when he was admitted to the hospital, his consciousness was unconscious, his breathing was very shallow, and the muscle tone of his limbs was high, which was life-threatening at any time. The medical staff immediately gave Ming Ming tracheal intubation, volume expansion and rehydration, cooling and other symptomatic support treatment. After mriorisonry and other examinations, it is clear that diffuse brain damage changes have occurred in the brain.

Zhu Desheng, deputy chief physician, introduced that the fever syndrome, also known as "blind hypoxia syndrome" or "infant sweltering fever syndrome", is a common winter emergency caused by excessive warmth and excessive suffocation caused by infant hypoxia, high fever, sweating, dehydration, convulsive coma, and even respiratory and circulatory system failure. The peak period of incidence is from November to April of the following year.

"Children under one year of age can wear one more piece of clothing than adults." Zhu Desheng reminded that the child's quilt and clothes should be appropriately loose, and the child's hands and feet should not be too restrictive. If the indoor temperature is low, the conditional home can open air conditioning and heating, but the temperature should be controlled at about 25 ° C, and it should be noted that ventilation is 4-6 hours to ensure that the indoor air is fresh. Children over one year old can refer to adults to dress, because children in this age have the same ability to regulate body temperature as adults. Therefore, when the child sleeps, he does not need to wear cotton jackets and cotton pants, but only wear cotton breathable underwear. It is especially important to note that do not pull the quilt too high, or even cover the child's mouth and nose. At night, parents should observe the child's cold and warm and breathing from time to time to avoid the child being covered by the quilt, resulting in danger.

【Health Tips】

When it is found that the child has sweating, high fever, breathing difficulties, discharging other diseases, and there is too much cover, it is likely to be a fever syndrome, and it should be cooled down as soon as possible.

1. Replenish water. Fever syndrome will lead to dehydration and electrolyte disorders in the child's body, so it is necessary to replenish water in time, and if necessary, you can give your child a little salt solution, which can not only replenish water, but also increase calories.

2. Cooling. Cooling is the key to dealing with the fever syndrome, and it is best for the baby to take physical cooling methods, such as undoing the quilt, warm water bathing and changing clothes. After a simple cooling treatment, the child should be sent to the nearest hospital for medical treatment as soon as possible.

Source: Xiaoxiang Morning News