The child has a fever and this sign appears on the tongue indicating a serious illness

On August 19, Pediatrician, Cheng Ying Chang shared on Facebook about the case of a 5-year-old child with a high fever for 3 days, who took fever-reducing medicine for 3-5 hours.

In addition to a high fever, the entire tongue of the child is red and small pimples appear, with signs of inflammation and changes in taste. Dr. Cheng warned that it was a very dangerous sign.

Dr. Chen Ying Chang said, if a fever is accompanied by a tongue that appears to be a strawberry-like red rash, it often represents a very strong mucosal reaction of the mucosa. In this case, your child has one of three diseases including Kawasaki disease, scarlet fever and toxic shock syndrome. If not treated promptly, it may cause damage to important organs such as the heart and kidneys.

Young children with weak resistance are prone to colds and fever. It is normal for children to have fever for 3-5 times a day, some children may have fever up to 10 times / day. The common cold fever can go away in about 2 days.

However, when fever comes with many other manifestations, parents need to pay close attention. If your child has a high fever and "strawberry tongue", take him to the hospital as soon as possible.

"Strawberry tongue" may be a symptom of the following diseases:

Food allergies or drugs

In some cases, strawberry tongue is a sign that your child has a food allergy or a drug. In this case, your doctor may give you antihistamines to help reduce swelling and redness.

Red fever fever

Scarlet fever (also known as Scarlet fever or scarlet fever) is a bacterial disease developed in some people with sore throats. Bacteria secrete foreign toxins that cause the body to appear red rashes. If foreign toxins are excreted much without timely treatment, it can cause acute arthritis, acute glomerulonephritis .

Usually after 2-3 days of throat infection or skin infection, the patient has a rash. The bright red or bright red rashes appear on the upper body first, then spread to the arms, legs . Other symptoms include high fever, sore throat and headache.

Injury also exists in the mucosa. The tongue appears swollen and red spines. The palate may have erythema and petechiae.

The disease most often occurs in children between the ages of 5 and 15 years.

Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki is a disease that involves inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body. Long-term illness will damage coronary arteries causing heart disease in children.

Patients with Kawasiki disease often exhibit high fever or body rash, two swollen red eyes (sclera conjunctivitis) with changes in the oral cavity such as red lips, red tongue, mouth blisters, ulcers. Kawasaki disease is common in children under 5 years of age, most commonly in breast-feeding age.

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare condition, but it can cause the phenomenon of tongue red spots.

Toxic shock syndrome is a systemic disease caused by bacteria. The two main bacteria that cause this syndrome are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. These are bacteria that can produce toxins. In some people, the body cannot resist the toxins of these bacteria that make the immune system react.

Symptoms of TSS include high fever, rapid hypotension, body rash, vomiting or diarrhea; headache, confusion, disorientation, or convulsions. Toxic shock syndrome can lead to kidney failure, respiratory failure and impaired function of many other organs in the body.