Pediatrician warns the disease that is easy to die in children, coming into the epidemic season: Parents take to save their children

The path of Japanese encephalitis transmission

Japanese encephalitis is a common brain infection disease in countries in Southeast Asia, India, China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Philippines. This disease was first discovered in Japan with a very high death rate.

Doctor Truong Huu Khanh, Head of Neurology Infection Hospital for Children in Ho Chi Minh City, said Japanese encephalitis is a very serious disease. The disease easily leads to death, causing many serious sequelae.

Peak season starts from June to October of the year. Children in rural areas are more likely than children to live in cities. The main reason is the path of infection through mosquito bites, the disease is not spread from person to person.

According to Dr. Khanh, mosquitoes that cause Japanese encephalitis are mosquito fields, living in fields in rural areas. Mosquitoes that bite animals like pigs, birds . will carry the virus to humans.

In older children and adults, common signs include symptoms:

- The disease often starts suddenly with symptoms such as a fever of 39-40 degrees Celsius, with headache, nausea and vomiting. Then leads to convulsions, muscle cramps and confusion.

- Symptoms outstanding in the global stage are signs in the brain, meninges and neurological disorders of plants. Meningeal signs have two common symptoms: 'stiff neck' and Kernig signs are examined and determined by the doctor. Movement disorders appear on many faces such as facial muscle cramps, turn of the eyes turning, convulsions, tremors, hemiplegia, language loss.

- Plant neurological symptoms are very diverse and heavy such as fluctuating body temperature, pale green, respiratory disorder, increased secretion of sputum, tachycardia, abdominal distention, vomiting, urinary retention and stopping sudden breathing. Psychiatric symptoms are mainly consciousness disorders with varying degrees from overcast, hibernation to deep coma.

In young children, signs are atypical and more difficult to detect, often relying on some important symptoms such as vomiting a lot, bulging pimples, crying can not coax or cry up when children are carried or changed posture, stiffness.

There is no specific treatment for viral encephalitis. Although antiviral drugs are available, they only work on some viruses, not all. Treatment of Japanese encephalitis is mainly symptomatic treatment in patients, coordinating support and support to improve physical and health.

Young children need to be treated in specialized hospitals that have adequate means to monitor and timely intervene in dangerous complications, help to avoid danger and reduce to the lowest level of severe sequelae that may occur after leaving. sick.

Ways to prevent Japanese encephalitis

The best way to prevent Japanese encephalitis is to vaccinate against the disease before going to high risk areas. The chance of getting sick is higher if you are planning to visit the countryside, go hiking or camping.

The vaccine, which is used exclusively for each person, successfully defended 9 out of 10 people from Japanese encephalitis. But even if you have been vaccinated, you should have preventive measures to reduce the risk of injecting mosquitoes such as:

Sleep in a room with sealed windows and doors - if you sleep outside, use mosquito nets; Wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants and socks, Apply good quality mosquito repellent to the skin without covering.