5-year-old boys with organ failure, dangerously dramatic because of the wrong way to reduce fever that many parents have

According to information from the Nghe An Maternity Hospital, which is taking over and actively treating patients K., 5 years old in Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province.

According to the family member, his first friend K. had a fever, so the family went to cut the traditional tobacco of the healer to cure the baby, the family did not want the child to take the medicine much afraid of affecting the health. After 3 days, the fever does not go away, even the baby is still in a state of drowsiness, irritating, vomiting, urination and urination to be hospitalized in the situation of multiple organ failure, death risk death.

At this time, the new K. family was extremely panicked and rushed to take the baby to emergency at the Southwest Regional General Hospital. But seeing the patient's condition is life-threatening, this hospital has sent her to Nghe An Maternity Hospital for treatment.

When doctors at Nghe An Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital checked for K. baby, the baby was in coma, breathing difficulties, high fever continuously over 39 degrees, big liver, yellow skin, dark brown stomach, . diagnosis With multiple organ failure diagnosis, the test indicators are very high, severe prognosis, high risk of death.

Doctors at the hospital were immediately treated by ventilators with ventilated endotracheal tubes, antibiotics and vasopressors, performed continuous dialysis and intensive resuscitation to save patient life.

After more than 1 day of dialysis, the patient's life is guaranteed. Currently, the patient is alert, withdrawn endotracheal tube, signs of stable survival, improved liver and kidney function, but still continues to be actively cared for to ensure health and health. .

There are 5 common mistakes when mothers lower fever for children

- Clean children with alcohol, alcohol, lemonade : When children have a fever when parents use alcohol, alcohol can cool quickly but this is very harmful because alcohol, alcohol or even some harmful additives can Permeate through the skin causing children to be poisoned. Lemon can reduce fever but in lemon contains dilute acid that burns young skin.

- Apply cold ice : Many mothers find that their child has a fever often find ways to bring fever to their children with sag for ice water into plastic bags or cloths and then apply for them. However, this method only helps to cool at the insertion site, but it is easy to make the child 'cold', causing the vasoconstriction to make it harder for the heat to escape, leading to a higher fever.

- Wrap your child too carefully or remove all his / her clothes: When he or she has fever, parents should never warm the child too much because excessive warming will increase the temperature of the child, causing the risk of dangerous seizure fever. to life.

- Give your child a fever-reducing medicine right after a fever : It is not always a fever because of an infection and need to take medicine. When mild fever, 37.5 - 38o C, no need to use antipyretic drugs for children.