What Are Enteroviruses?

Enterovirus is a collective name for a group of viruses, including 67 types, including poliovirus type 3, Kesaki A virus type 23, Kesaki B virus type 6, enterovirus 31, and enterovirus 68-71.

Because enteroviruses inhabit the human digestive tract, they are also grouped together in terms of biochemical characteristics, epidemiology and pathogenicity. right now,

The course of enterovirus is about one week. If it is a serious patient, it will take longer to recover. Which babies belong to the high-risk group of severe enterovirus?

The baby has a high fever above 39 ° C

After giving antipyretics or suppositories, fever was still not seen.

Babies under 1 year.

The severe death rate of enterovirus can reach more than 50%, the younger the age, the more careful the enterovirus invasion, especially if the newborn is infected, the greater the risk.

Early symptoms like colds, which parents tend to ignore

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For enterovirus infection, there is currently no effective drug treatment. Most patients with mild disease do not need to be hospitalized. They can be cured after symptomatic treatment and care. Parents should encourage their children to drink more water and get more rest. Rinse your mouth with cold water to keep your child's mouth clean. When eating, pay attention to give cold porridge, milk, tofu, custard and so on. Children with higher body temperature may lower the room temperature appropriately, or use physical cooling methods such as warm water swabbing bath. Those with excessive body temperature may use a small amount of antipyretics.

If your child does not eat or drink, has dark urine, dark color, no tears when crying, or dryness of the oral mucosa, he can go to the hospital for drip rehydration treatment. If parents find their child has a high fever, lethargy, severe vomiting, unconsciousness or convulsions, severe cough, or shortness of breath, they should go to the hospital immediately. ^[1]

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Once infected with enterovirus, there is no effective way to avoid the development of severe illness. Parents can only increase their alertness, observe closely, and find signs of severe illness, and immediately take their child to a large hospital for medical treatment. If you have early symptoms, you can also go to the hospital for related tests, including infection index, blood glucose, and liver function changes, and use these data for early diagnosis.

Enteroviruses are treated the same as colds, with "supportive care" as the mainstay. When you are confirmed to be infected with enterovirus, if only the throat has broken blisters, skin peeling, and fever, in addition to the pediatrician, you can also see the otolaryngology department and give symptoms such as spraying or pain relief. After about 3 days, the blisters will naturally heal. However, because pediatrics has a high sensitivity for diagnosing severe enteroviruses, in the event that severe symptoms begin to appear on the third or fourth day, the pediatrician must be assisted in diagnosis for early detection and treatment.