On November 1, the Vinh Phuc Department of Health informed that at the Examination Department, the Provincial Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital, the number of pediatric patients coming for examination and treatment in October increased by 130% compared to September.
Most children who come to the clinic have respiratory problems such as rhinitis, pharyngitis, even bronchitis and pneumonia; common symptoms include Vietnamese sausagey snot, cough, fever, runny nose...
In children with good resistance, this symptom usually lasts for 1-2 weeks and then goes away.However, in young children and newborns with an incomplete immune system, the disease will become more severe with more serious complications, which is a secondary infection leading to other diseases such as meningitis, myocarditis, glomerulonephritis, acute rheumatism...
leading to dangerous complications for the health and life of the child.According to Dr. Dang Tien Ngoc, Head of the Examination Department, Vinh Phuc Provincial Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, in the past month, the department received about 3,500 pediatric patients registering for examination and treatment.
At this time, the number of children with vomiting, fever, Vietnamese sausagey diarrhea, and respiratory diseases hospitalized has increased by about 30-40% compared to previous months.If in previous years, the rate of disease is divided equally between respiratory and digestive tract infections, this year respiratory tract infections account for 70-80% of the total number of patients.
At Vinh Phuc General Hospital, from the beginning of October until now, there have been over 1,500 pediatric patients coming for examination.At the peak, the Examination Department recorded more than 70 pediatric patients coming for examination, of which 30 children were advised to be hospitalized for treatment, an increase of 1.5-2 times compared to previous months, mainly diseases related to the respiratory tract such as bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, influenza A, influenza B...
