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Recently, when a 4-year-old girl in Changchun sought medical treatment for acute laryngitis, the doctor did not open a green channel (first see a doctor and then do nucleic acid), resulting in her death, which spread on the Internet.
Parents have obviously taken their children to the hospital, but because the treatment process has been delayed for too long, it is heart-wrenching that they have not been able to save their children in the end.
Although the family said that they have now reconciled with the hospital, in the eyes of Fan Ma, this also exposes some problems:
If the child's situation is urgent, can we apply to the doctor in advance to take the initiative to go through the green channel? If we understood the severity of acute laryngitis and knew how to care for a child to be a little more comfortable, would the outcome be different?
So Fan Mom decided not to say anything else today, let's talk about this "pediatric killer" with urgent illness and severe symptoms - acute laryngitis.
Especially in areas where the epidemic control is tight during this time, parents should have the ability to recognize the symptoms of acute laryngitis (easily confused with colds) and the emergency care methods when their children have breathing difficulties. Hope this article helps you.
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Acute laryngitis
What are the symptoms?
Acute laryngitis is a common emergency in pediatrics, most caused by viral infections, mostly in children aged 6 months to 3 years, and is more common in winter and spring.
Features: Symptoms are mild during the day, and worsen after the child falls asleep at night, so there are often children who may cough and wake up in the middle of the night.
Initial symptoms: nasal congestion, cough, fever, runny nose, it is easy for parents to mistake it for a cold, resulting in delay in the condition and even life-threatening.
Typical symptoms: canine barking cough, hoarseness, inhalatory laryngeal ringing.
1) Canine barking cough
As the name suggests, it is similar to the sound of a puppy barking, "empty", and the sound of ordinary coughing is obviously different.
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2) Hoarseness
At the onset of the disease, the child's throat is congested and edematous, the voice will sound somewhat hoarse, breathing difficult, and even unable to make a sound.
Video source: Pediatrician Wang Qingmei
At this time, parents should be vigilant, especially if the child also has other symptoms such as fever and runny nose, he should be taken to the doctor in time.
3) Inhalatory laryngeal ringing
When your child inhales, there will be a whistling sound, which is not obvious when exhaling, because laryngitis can cause congestion and edema of the throat, and the air flow through the narrow lumen will produce laryngeal sounds.
As a special reminder, it is not necessary that the louder the larynx, the more severe it is. On the contrary, when the child has difficulty inhaling, he can only inhale a small amount of air with all his strength, and when the physical strength is exhausted, the throat will suddenly weaken or disappear, which is usually a more serious manifestation.
In addition, with the development of acute laryngitis, children may also have symptoms such as purple face or lips, very irritability, nose flapping, inability to lie flat, cold sweat, and accelerated pulse.
In short, acute laryngitis is acute, the symptoms are severe, once the child has the above 3 typical symptoms, parents must not think about waiting, maybe it is good, immediately seek medical treatment. Especially now that there are many medical procedures during the epidemic period, it is even more necessary to prepare in advance.
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Onset of acute laryngitis
How is emergency care?
Immediately take the child to the hospital to hang up the emergency department, take the initiative to apply to the doctor to take the emergency green channel, and then make up the nucleic acid after the condition is alleviated.
Before the doctor starts treatment, it is best for parents to let their child inhale some cool air.
In this way, under the stimulation of cool air, the capillaries in the child's throat will contract, which can reduce the situation of laryngeal edema and alleviate the problem of poor breathing in the child to a certain extent.
Specific operation:
1, you can let the child wear warm after inhaling some humidifier, air conditioning spray cool air.
2, carry the child to the window, breathe some cool air outside the window.
3. When the child is sitting in the car, parents can open the car window and let him breathe the cool air outside the car window.
When the doctor begins the treatment, follow the doctor's advice and cooperate well.
The doctor will usually give your child some cold, filtered oxygen (to relieve congestion in your child's throat, improve hypoxia) and hormonal therapy (oral, nebulized, intravenous, depending on your child' condition) to relieve the condition.
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Prevention of acute laryngitis
You can do that!
For the prevention of acute laryngitis, parents can try to start from the following 5 aspects. Although it is a cliché, it must be emphasized a few times, after all, to do it is to earn.
1. If conditions permit, take your child to the outdoors for activities to enhance your child's resistance through exercise.
2. During the high incidence of the disease, take your children to crowded places less, and if you must go, wear a mask.
3. Wash your child's hands frequently, after soaking your hands, rub hand sanitizer, and the palms of your hands, the back of your hands, your fingers, between your fingers, and the mouth of the tiger cannot be spared.
4. When changing seasons and cooling down, pay attention to cold protection and warmth, and add or subtract clothes to children in time.
5. Indoor often open windows for ventilation, ventilation twice a day, each time for about 30 minutes, to keep the air circulation fresh.
Finally, Fan Mom wants to say that although the mortality rate of acute laryngitis is not high, it is after all a pediatric emergency that torments the child, and knowing oneself and knowing the other will not panic, and Eva is good.
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Resources:
Wang Weiping,Sun Kun,Chang Liwen. Pediatrics[M].People's Medical Publishing House:Beijing,2018:242.]
Cui Yutao. Cui Yutao on Natural Parenting: Nursing care that directly attacks common diseases[M].Beijing Publishing Group Corporation Beijing Publishing House: Beijing, 2018:32.