Changjiang Daily, Wuhan Client, May 17 (Correspondent Cui Yi) At about 5 pm on May 10, Ms. Zheng took her 2-year-old son to the Pediatric Fever Clinic of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital to see a doctor. At that time, Zheng Baobao had a fever of 38°C, a racing heart, gasping for breath, and purple lips. Ms. Zheng told the doctor that the baby has been coughing for two days, and the condition has worsened rapidly.
“I’m in critical condition, I can’t wait for the nucleic acid test results to come out.” Dr. Wang Xiaoting from the fever clinic quickly contacted Wang Mian, the on-duty doctor in the inpatient department, reported it to the director of the department, activated the emergency response plan, and arranged the mother and son to a separate pediatric department. Isolation ward.
Wang Mian recalled that, according to the preliminary judgment, Zheng Baobao had severe pneumonia and hypoxemia. After emergency treatment, the symptoms of wheezing and cyanosis improved, but there was still tachycardia and liver dysfunction. Sexual enlargement, heart failure. Subsequently, the doctors continued to rescue Zheng Baobao, and the child finally turned the corner.
After timely treatment, the 2-year-old baby turned to safety.
On May 16, after a week of treatment and careful nursing, the baby finally recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
Huang Zhongyan, director of the Pediatrics Department of the hospital, said that after a child develops an upper respiratory tract infection, without scientific and effective treatment, the inflammation will spread downward to form severe pneumonia. Severe pneumonia combined with heart failure is mainly due to severe lung infection, a strong inflammatory response, and excessive toxin production in the body, which causes myocardial cell damage. At the same time, the inflammatory lesions in the lungs will cause great resistance to the circulation of the children’s lungs, which will increase the burden on the heart and lead to the occurrence of heart failure.
Huang Zhongyan reminded that when the baby has symptoms such as coughing and asthma, shortness of breath, etc., it is necessary to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, and must not delay.