Today's article comes from a mother's self-report, 2-year-old baby in just 3 days of high fever, convulsions, abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood in the stool, was rushed to the hospital for rescue, diagnosed with "sepsis", unstoppable diarrhea let the baby pull to the anus ulceration.
The culprit that caused the baby to get sick was more than 100 fresh eggs sent by grandma.
Yuanyuan Mom hopes that through this heartbreaking experience, she will give you a wake-up call. So we got her permission to sort out the baby's illness and share it.
Both diseases occur at the same time
Experienced the most heart-wrenching three days
January 24:
High fever, convulsions, stomach pain, the first emergency medical evacuation
When Yuanyuan woke up in the morning, he crawled up to me and said that his stomach hurt. The moment I picked him up, I was shocked, I must have had a fever, and sure enough, it was 39.8 °C.
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His first reaction was that he had been infected by his father's cold. The stomach pain may be because the previous day's greedy play and smelly did not pull, a moment to pull out is good, there have been such cases before, so I did not care too much, decided to take some anti-fever medicine to observe.
After giving anti-fever medicine, Yuanyuan ate breakfast, but he had no appetite, did not eat much, or intermittently had stomach pain, and did not defecate.
I realized that this situation was not quite right, I began to look up information on the Internet, and also called a doctor friend, all said that it may be bad food, but the three meals the day before the round round are normal, the work and rest are also regular, I always feel that it is not a diet problem. Seeing that he was in a good mental state, he decided to continue observing.
Near noon, Yuanyuan said that his stomach hurt, and he cried when he said it, and my heart immediately picked up. Quickly put him in his arms and touched his forehead, it was still very hot, measured it was 39.5 ° C, it seems that the morning fever reducer did not have much effect, I began to be a little anxious, immediately called Yuanyuan Dad to tell him to hurry back to the hospital.
As soon as I hung up the phone, Yuanyuan lay down in my arms, rolled his eyes, and fainted with his head back. My mind buzzed, a blank, shouting loudly Yuanyuan don't sleep, don't sleep, see that he didn't respond, quickly put him on the floor and lie on his side, I don't know after a few minutes Yuanyuan began to regain consciousness, I couldn't care about waiting for his father to return, I ran a red light all the way to the hospital.
When I arrived at the hospital, the doctor said that Yuanyuan was a febrile convulsion caused by fever and would not cause any effect on the body, so I was relieved.
Yuanyuan has been crying stomach pain but has not defecated, and needs to do CT or B ultrasound, plus blood tests. Ultrasound B had to wait for 4 to 6 hours for the nucleic acid results to come out before we could check it, and we immediately went to CT.
CT came out to show normal, blood test results are only some increase in white blood cells, the doctor judged that it was an upper respiratory tract infection, opened cephalosporin and probiotics, told us to take the medicine on time after going home, observe at any time, if the fever continues to be vigilant against convulsions.
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In the afternoon, I went home to take medicine, and Yuanyuan's condition did not improve, and he began to vomit. The child's mental state at this time is acceptable, although I am worried, but I think of the doctor's promise to continue to observe at home, and I did not return to the hospital immediately.
The circle has been full of teasing all day, and my heart has been worried, afraid that the fever will cause convulsions again. Until 8:30 p.m., when he was taking a bath, he suddenly said that he wanted to pull the stink, and I felt a little fluke in my heart, thinking that I was finally going to pull it out, and it would be good to pull it out...
But within two minutes of sitting on the toilet, he began to pull the water. After pulling twice in a row, my heart mentioned the throat eye again, how did it start to diarrhea? Quickly gave him a montmorillonite scatter, and then simply packed up the medical records, ready to go to the night emergency department at any time.
Unexpectedly, after eating montmorillonite powder, it quickly stopped diarrhea, and Yuanyuan did not cry out stomach pain again. It was not too early to finish packing, it didn't seem like a big deal, so I grabbed the circle and went to sleep.
But I still have a vague uneasiness in my heart: Will it be good to finish pulling? Is it really a bad stomach? Looking back on the diet in the past few days, how can it not be a problem to eat...
In the early morning of January 25:
Repeated diarrhea, dehydration, re-admission to the hospital for drip
Because I was worried about Yuanyuan's condition, I didn't sleep deeply all night.
At 2 o'clock in the morning, a fart sound accompanied by a grunting sound made my heart tighten, and when I immediately climbed up to look, the circle had been pulled out. After that, it began to have continuous diarrhea, and at its worst, it was pulled once in less than half an hour.
Until noon, the situation did not improve at all, and it was almost all water and white slime. Remembering that I had learned that the symptoms of norovirus were also fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, I couldn't help but wonder: Maybe I came into contact with the virus when I went to the park a few days ago?
Considering that norovirus is a self-limiting disease and there is no specific drug, I decided to continue observing.
Until dinner, Yuanyuan was still diarrhea, and at this moment I found that Yuanyuan's stool began to faintly bleed, and the problem must have been more serious than I thought! I quickly called yuanyuan dad to take the stool, and raced against time to send it to the nearest hospital for a stool examination.
After the doctor got the results, he confirmed the condition with Yuanyuan's father, determined that it was a bacterial infection, and told us to go to the hospital to get some drips. I thought that the circle had been pulled for a day, and I did not eat or drink, and I went to the doctor to prescribe rehydration fluids to prevent dehydration.
Fortunately, after the drip, Yuanyuan did not diarrhea again, and the fever also subsided, and the doctor still suggested that we go home first to rest well, and then go to the next day for review.
Night of January 25:
There was a lot of blood in the stool, and the condition took a sharp turn for the worse
Who knew that as soon as he arrived home, Yuanyuan shouted that his stomach hurt to pull the stink, and cried while shouting. I quickly took him to the bathroom, I didn't expect that just after pulling, he was going to pull again, just finished pulling and pulling... After several consecutive times, the toilet was full of bright red blood.
The round stool was bloodied, and I panicked.
Taking advantage of the fact that he was going to pull again, I quickly took the disposable cup and took the bloody stool. Thinking that he had been to the hospital near his home twice, his condition had not improved, and it seemed to be more serious, so he and Yuanyuan Dad decided to go straight to the City Children's Hospital.
When we anxiously squeezed to the triage desk with the circle in our arms, the nurse who thought I was going to cut in the line saw the cup with blood in my hand and immediately ran to the doctor.
The doctor came out to take a look and told us to hold the baby alone and go through the formalities alone. As a result, Yuanyuan's father left his mobile phone on the car in a hurry, and he couldn't register the medical card, so he had to go through the formalities.
When I came back, I couldn't find their father and son, and I listened to the nurse in a hurry, "Your baby is bloody and dehydrated in the stool, in the rescue room."
When I heard the two words of rescue, I was completely frightened, rescue, what a critical illness, am I late? Nothing will happen to the circle, right? I was so frightened that my whole body was cold, my heart was so flustered, and my hands were shaking so much that I couldn't even hold the checklist.
Running to the door of the rescue room, watching Yuanyuan struggle and cry in the rescue room, my heart was broken, and the tears couldn't stop flowing. The doctor next to me has been comforting me, my mother is stronger and more optimistic, which helps to stabilize the baby's mood, and it can get better faster with the doctor's treatment, so I try to calm my emotions.
After emergency rescue, Yuanyuan was diagnosed with sepsis, and the doctor said that it was caused by a bacterial infection caused by eating unclean food. Because the number of diarrhea is too much, resulting in intestinal mucosa damage, gastrointestinal bleeding, only a large amount of blood in the stool.
I was puzzled. Full-time with a baby, three meals a day are made alone for the baby, daily also pay attention to dietary hygiene, even what to eat every day will be recorded one by one, how can it be a food problem?
After repeatedly checking the diet for a few days, the doctor proposed another possibility - not cleaning the refrigerator for a long time caused bacteria to breed and contaminate the food. Adults who eat contaminated food may pull a stomach and stand up, but the baby's body and intestines are not well developed, often more serious, and difficult to heal themselves.
But I still find it strange. Although the refrigerator at home will not be wiped every day, it will always be cleaned and wiped three or four times a month, and it has always been kept tidy every day, how can it be so easy to breed bacteria?
I calmed down and carefully recalled... My heart suddenly clucked - the native egg must be the native egg in the refrigerator!
But at this time, Yuanyuan has been diarrhea, the whole person is very haggard, can not lift the spirit, in a hurry I did not have the heart to discuss the cause of the disease with the doctor, only to ask the doctor to give Yuanyuan a better stop diarrhea.
However, doctors do not recommend immediate diarrhea. Because diarrhea is also a process of bacteria excreting from the body, simple anti-diarrhea is not conducive to bacterial discharge. Therefore, you can only continue to take antibiotics and take a lot of rehydration salts to avoid dehydration again. He also told us to go to the observation room to continue observation and go through the hospitalization procedures early the next morning.
From the rescue room back to the observation room, you need to verify the itinerary code again, at this time, because the itinerary code of Yuanyuan Dad has a star, you cannot enter the observation room. This means that next, I am the only one who can fight with the circle.
Yuanyuan shouted again to pull the stink, but the indwelling needle hit his foot, he couldn't wear shoes and follow me to the toilet, and Yuanyuan's father couldn't come in to help. I could only mop him to the toilet by myself, and I couldn't wait to take off my pants and pull them, and in the chaos, we two got a in the toilet, and I was anxious and angry and distressed.
Just after simply cleaning up, Yuanyuan Dad called again, although he was full of eager concern for the child and me, I was full of heartache, grievances, and exhaustion at this time, and I had no time to pay attention to him, only briefly said the illness, and told him to go home to get some daily necessities.
January 26:
Constant diarrhea, pulling to the anus to fester
Last night's night of tossing, round diarrhea still did not improve, every 1 to 2 hours to pull once. The color state of the stool after the medication is finally no longer just water and mucus, but it is still good and bad. The last time there was blood in the stool, this time there was only blood, just thought that the condition was getting better, and began to bleed in the stool again... Another time I pulled the green poop. My mood was like a roller coaster, with the ups and downs of Yuanyuan's illness, and I was helpless.
When the doctor came to check the room, I quickly asked for verification, if there are native eggs in the refrigerator, will the chicken feces on the eggshell cause Yuanyuan to get sick? The doctor said it was possible. If a bacterial infection is detected during a stool test and other dietary problems are ruled out, it can be basically confirmed that this is the cause.
So the doctor gave me 4 bottles for the first time, let me find that the stool state is not right, pick a little to send to the stool examination, because the round disease is really changeable, and then the doctor gave me 3 bottles, told me to send every stool change to go to the test, sure enough, every time the result is a bacterial infection.
Yuanyuan almost did not eat or drink these two days, eat something will soon spit out, the whole person is thin, listless, I am very distressed, can only hold him and rub his belly, try to soothe.
What is even more sad is that it is not convenient to clean the fart in the hospital, and you can only wipe it with a wet wipe after pulling each time. Two days added up to say less pulled there are forty or fifty times, the round anus are pulled rotten, really rotten, broken red flesh, rubbing medicine is useless.
Every time the circle was pulled, I cried and said to me, "Mommy's ass hurts", "Mom don't wipe your ass", my tears can't stop falling, I am so sad for the child, I only hate myself for not being able to suffer for him.
January 27:
The condition is finally starting to improve
On the third day of admission, Yuanyuan's condition really began to improve, although the stomach will still hurt from time to time, fortunately, it will not be diarrhea immediately after a pain, and it will no longer be directly bloody, but with a little blood in the stool.
After the fever completely subsided, the appetite recovered a little, the spirit was much better, and I began to have the energy to crawl around.
My condition was gradually getting better, and my hanging heart finally fell a little.
Until the sixth day. The circle was only pulled twice in 24 hours, although the stool was still not formed, but after the review, all the indicators basically returned to normal.
Finally able to be discharged from the hospital, the old mother was finally able to catch her breath. These days and nights of exhaustion have exhausted me physically and mentally...
Review afterwards
Native eggs: The culprit of the baby's illness
After returning home, Yuanyuan's body basically recovered.
Looking back on these days, the more I think about it, the more remorseful I become. These more than 100 native eggs are when Yuanyuan's father returned to his hometown, and his grandmother specially brought down from the mountain, all fresh with, saying that he wanted to supplement Yuanyuan's body.
Although I know that the nutritional value of native eggs is almost the same as that of ordinary eggs, what kind of food is eaten, not to mention the old man's heart to cherish the child.
Originally felt too unhygienic, ready to wash and then put into the refrigerator. But my mother said that after the eggs are washed, the protective film on the surface is washed off, bacteria are more likely to invade, so many eggs will not be eaten for a while and a half, it will definitely be broken, so I gave up. I didn't expect to bring so much pain to Yuanyuan.
The doctor said that the chicken feces contained Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella... Among them, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella may cause severe sepsis in healthy children.
Although I deliberately put the eggs into the refrigerator's separate drawer, but this drawer is not sealed, the refrigerator also put Round likes to eat cherry, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, so it is very easy to cross infection, triggering acute gastroenteritis, the typical symptoms are fever, diarrhea, vomiting, this is the typical symptoms of Yuanyuan sick Ah, I really regret it.
Repeated diarrhea can destroy the intestinal mucosa, allowing bacteria in the intestine to enter the blood and lymph, causing a systemic inflammatory response that leads to sepsis. The course of sepsis tends to last 5 to 7 days, and an excessive and prolonged inflammatory response destroys the immune state and forms a vicious circle. I really can't imagine what kind of pain Yuanyuan would encounter if he went to the hospital one step later.
Although at the time of the review, the indicators of the circle have returned to normal, I am still in the shadow of the eggs... The doctor saw that I was too anxious, and specifically asked me not to "choke on food" because of this experience, and did not dare to put the eggs in the refrigerator again, because the eggs bought in the normal supermarket have undergone formal inspection and quarantine, and it is safe to eat them within the shelf life.
Pay more attention to the following points, and the risk of your child getting sick will be greatly reduced:
Pay attention to food hygiene and hand hygiene, and refuse to eat unclean foods and foods of unknown origin;
Sort and partition the raw and cooked food in the refrigerator, and clean the refrigerator regularly;
When cooking, pay attention to the separation of raw and cooked, and the food should be cooked thoroughly before eating;
Take your kids to outdoors and exercise more.
Looking back on this round illness experience, I still feel guilty about my negligence and heart, and I share it, and I also hope that other parents will avoid lightning.
It is the first time to be a parent, we take fewer detours, the baby will suffer less guilt.
Audit expert Fan Yunzhu
Attending Physician of pediatrics at Lilac Clinic
Audit expert Zhou Li
National Registered Dietitian
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