Rescue two children with upstate myocarditis successively!Expert reminds: Children should be careful of "cold"

The Yangtze River Daily Big Wuhan Client July 19 (Reporter Wang Chunlan Correspondent Xue Yuan) Recently, the Department of Critical Medicine of Wuhan Children's Hospital rescued two children with "upstate myocarditis". And have been treated as a cold. Experts remind that if the child has difficulty in breathing, fatigue, abdominal pain, vomiting, pale complexion after "cold", you need to be alert to myocarditis and see the doctor as soon as possible.

The 7 -year -old boy Yangyang (pseudonym) had a cold symptoms shortly ago, but the medicine was not effective. Parents took him to Wuhan Children's Hospital to see a doctor. At the time of waiting, Yangyang suddenly fainted and fell to the ground and was immediately sent to the emergency department for rescue. At this time, Yangyang's heartbeat was weak, but the heart rate was as high as 165 times per minute. ECG monitoring tips were fatal "ventricular tachycardia". After emergency treatment, Yangyang was temporarily out of danger, was sent to the intensive care unit, and was diagnosed with outbreak myocarditis.

The medical staff checked the child after evacuating ECMO. Correspondent Zhang Zuguo Photo

In order to allow the child's heart to have the opportunity to "rest", the hospital quickly convened members of the ECMO (artificial cardiopulmonary) group in the hospital to start ECMO treatment, and "outsourcing" the cardiopulmonary function of Yangyang. After 5 days of "sleeping", Yangyang finally escaped.

Within a few days, the 13 -year -old boy Ozawa (pseudonym) was also referred to the Wuhan Children's Hospital for seeing a doctor for "cold". The examination showed that the child had the manifestation of the function of the heart pump function. After that, Ozawa was safe.

"Children have symptoms of 'colds', and parents should pay more attention." Zhang Furong, chief physician of the Department of Critical Medicine of the hospital, introduced that before the onset of these two children, there were symptoms similar to colds and were treated as cold treatment. Therefore, parents should pay more attention.

Zhang Furong introduced that the outbreak myocarditis is an acute severe viral myocarditis. It is the most serious and special type of myocarditis. It is urgent and the condition is rapid. It can soon occur seriously. The rate is extremely high. Black myocarditis is mostly caused by virus infections. Early symptoms are very similar to the cold of the viral cold. They all have symptoms such as fever, cough, and runny nose. Not only are it easy to confuse the two diseases, it may also cause misunderstandings of "cause of upstartitis after a cold."

In addition to the symptoms of the respiratory tract, the early storm may have gastrointestinal symptoms. Zhang Furong reminded that if the child has difficulty in breathing, fatigue, abdominal pain, vomiting, pale complexion, etc., you need to be alert to myocarditis. You must go to a conditional hospital as soon as possible and ask relevant specialists to judge.

[Edit: Yu Lina]

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