In the hot summer, many people bring their families to the pool or water park to play in the water to escape the heat, while enjoying the coolness, we should also remind everyone to be careful of suffering from "pool disease".
Recently, a parent in Hefei, Anhui Province took his 5-year-old son to play in the water park, and when he came home, he found that the child's face was bulging large and small.
In addition to molluscum contagiosum, there are also impetigo and folliculitis that can be contracted through swimming pools, and disinfectants in swimming pools can also cause skin allergies in some children. If the water quality in the pool is not up to standard, the girl may also contract bacterial vulvitis.
Gao Ying, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Dermatology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics: In summer, the weather is hot and humid, and children may be bitten by insects, or there will be some minor trauma to the skin after scratching. Children's skin is relatively delicate, so it is easy to get infected.
In addition to the skin, children should pay special attention to ear-related diseases when swimming. If the ear canal is damaged, pool water entering the ear canal may cause otitis. There are also some children who frequently choke on water in the process of learning to swim, which may cause otitis media.
Lu Yingxia, Chief Physician of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics: It has nothing to do with otitis media and water, but it has to do with choking. When children learn to swim well, they are prone to choking on water, and at this time, dirty water may enter the middle ear through the throat tube, causing otitis media. Otitis media can also cause ear pain and hearing loss.
Don't panic when water enters the ear canal It is important to drain water in time
According to the doctor, otitis is generally painful when the ear is touched, and topical anti-inflammatory drugs can cure it. Otitis media is different, it will continue to be painful without touching, and you need to go to the hospital for standardized treatment, otherwise it will cause hearing damage.
The doctor reminded the child not to panic if water enters the ear canal when swimming, there is an eardrum in the ear canal, like a dead end, and the water will not enter the inner ear through the eardrum. As long as the child tilts his head and jumps on one leg, the water will flow out on its own. Parents should try not to use cotton swabs to stick into their children's ear canals to absorb water, which is easy to damage the ear canal and increase the probability of infection.
To prevent "pink eye", timely use of anti-allergies
Swimming pools and water parks with substandard hygiene can also spread "pink eye". Even in hygienic swimming pools, some children are allergic to pool disinfectants, causing eye irritation.
Zhang Hao, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics: For example, there is a lot of eye drops, we can buy some tobramycin eye drops, or levofloxacin eye drops, and give it to the child, maybe a few days. If there is not a lot of eye droppings, mainly itchy redness, you can use some anti-allergic eye drops, such as olopatadine eye drops. Sometimes allergies are severe and may even cause edema of the conjunctiva, which can be controlled with eye drops such as weak hormones.
Play in the water in summer Be wary of the pool "assassin" adenovirus
In addition, if the water quality of swimming places is not up to standard, it can also transmit respiratory diseases, such as adenovirus.
According to doctors, adenovirus is mainly transmitted through droplets, contact, and fecal-oral transmission, and is more easily transmitted in a closed, crowded and humid environment. The temperature and humidity of the swimming pool are suitable for the survival of adenovirus, therefore, many children have repeated symptoms such as high fever and cough after swimming, and in severe cases, pharyngeal conjunctival fever, gastroenteritis and diarrhea may occur.
Zhang Qiang, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital: To choose a regular swimming pool, it is a swimming pool that must be qualified for disinfection and hygiene. After swimming, wash your eyes, nose and mouth, and wash your body.
This season is also the season of high incidence of herpangina and hand, foot and mouth disease, and children will have symptoms such as high fever, mouth blisters, inability to eat, and poor sleep. Experts warn that the two diseases are extremely similar in symptoms and transmission routes, and that there is no specific medicine. Parents can let the child eat a light diet and supplement more vitamins, and the fever of the child with mild symptoms can generally be reduced after about 5 to 7 days of fever, and the symptoms will be improved.
Zhang Qiang, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital: If the child has recurrent fever, it is not easy to go away with conventional fever-reducing drugs, accompanied by a poor mental state, or other serious conditions, such as severe refusal to eat, not eating, little urine, including the respiratory system, cough affects rest and diet, this situation needs to come to the hospital.
How to tell if the water quality of the swimming pool is up to standard?
To prevent "pool disease", it is necessary to choose swimming pools and water parks that meet the hygiene standards. What are the criteria for determining the water quality of swimming pools? How do ordinary people judge whether the water quality is up to standard? Let's find out.
Every summer, the local health supervision departments will conduct health inspections on the swimming pools in the areas under their jurisdiction, and the health permits, personnel health certificates, water quality testing publicity, and pool water circulation purification and disinfection systems are the focus of inspection.
Liu Hongying, Supervision Department II, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention: This kit is used to detect the indicator of free residual chlorine, which is the most important indicator to reflect the disinfection ability of swimming pools.
Free residual chlorine refers to the chlorine content left in the pool water after chlorination. Maintaining a certain amount of free residual chlorine concentration can ensure that the swimming pool water has the ability to continuously sterilize for a long time. When the free residual chlorine content of swimming pool water exceeds the standard, it will cause swimmers with sensitive skin or a certain degree of eye discomfort, and the national standard for free residual chlorine is from 0.3 to 1.0 mg per liter. When swimming, citizens can pay attention to the announcement of the day of the swimming venue.
For ordinary citizens, there are also some tips to quickly understand the water quality of the pool when they get to the pool. After arriving at the swimming venue, the public can check the situation of the underwater swimming lane through the water surface. The farther you look, the clearer the pool is. You can also make a slight splash of the water in the pool, and if these small bubbles can dissipate on their own within 10 to 15 seconds, it means that the oxidation capacity of the pool water is okay.
Source: CCTV News
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