常见疾病

Tummy aches, sniffles and sneezes – they’re all a part of childhood. Your child is bound to get sick at some point. You can rest easy knowing the caring and compassionate staff at Banner Children’s will be there when they do, with the care and support your child needs.

大多数孩子长大后会面临几种小疾病,包括:

Ear Infections

耳朵感染是由中耳细菌或病毒引起的。它们通常是由于另一种疾病导致鼻腔,喉咙和尤斯塔克式管(例如感冒,流感或过敏)引起拥挤和肿胀的结果。

Signs and Symptoms of Ear Infections

儿童耳部感染的体征和症状包括:

  • 拉扯或拉动耳朵
  • 耳痛(尤其是躺下时)
  • Fussiness or crying more than usual
  • Trouble hearing or responding to sounds
  • 失去平衡
  • Drainage of fluid from the ear
  • Fever
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Headache
  • Loss of appetite

The signs and symptoms of an ear infection can also be indicators of other conditions, making it important to get an accurate diagnosis and treatment. Be sure to call your doctor if:

  • Your child’s symptoms last more than one day
  • Their ear pain is severe
  • You see discharge of fluid, pus or bloody fluid from the ear
  • Symptoms are present in a child less than 6 months old
  • 感冒或上呼吸道感染后,您的宝宝或幼儿不眠之烦恼

Treatment and Support for Ear Infections

If your child doesn’t have too much pain or a high fever, your doctor will likely have you wait a day or two to see if the ear infection gets better on its own. If not, your doctor may prescribe an antibiotic. Children often feel better within one day of taking an antibiotic.

Colds

Colds are caused by viruses, most likely rhinovirus. Colds cause sneezing, coughing and sore throats. Babies and toddlers typically have eight to ten colds per year before they turn two. Most children will have at least six to eight colds a year, or more, especially if they attend daycare. Colds in children occur less often after age six.

Signs and Symptoms of Colds

The signs and symptoms of a cold in children include:

  • 打喷嚏
  • 鼻子中的水性粘液
  • 水状或硬皮的眼睛
  • Cough
  • Sore throat
  • Tired feeling
  • 发烧(有时)

A virus may also affect your child’s sinuses, throat, ears and bronchial tubes. Additionally, your child may also complain of a headache and feeling stuffy.

Talk to your pediatrician if your child is still sick after a few days or has a high fever, chills, vomiting, respiratory distress, a hacking cough or extreme fatigue as these can be symptoms of something more severe.

此外,请注意诸如肺炎等流感并发症的迹象。如果您的孩子低级发烧,敏感,请立即致电您的儿科医生,咳嗽,表现出辛苦或快速呼吸和疲倦的迹象。

治疗和对感冒的支持

几天后,大多数感冒自行消失。由于感冒是一种病毒,因此抗生素不起作用,因此没有处方。感冒的治疗涉及缓解孩子的症状,直到感冒通过。您可以帮助您的孩子感觉更好:

  • Giving them plenty of fluids to help with dehydration
  • 确保他们得到足够的休息
  • Using saline spray for congestion

Croup

螺丝座是上呼吸道的一种感染,会导致咳嗽并阻塞呼吸。臀部通常发生在年幼的孩子中。它不是严重的,可以在家接受治疗。

Signs and Symptoms of Croup

总结通常以感冒开始,如果有足够的炎症和咳嗽,则会发生。臀部的症状通常在晚上更糟,可以持续三到五天。总结的常见体征和症状包括:

  • Fever
  • Hoarse voice
  • A loud barking cough that’s is further aggravated by crying and coughing
  • Noisy or labored breathing
  • Anxiety and agitation, which triggers worsening signs and symptoms

Treatment and Support for Croup

Your pediatrician will be able to diagnose croup by listening to the cough and your child’s breathing. The goal of croup treatment is to ease your child’s symptoms until they go away on their own.

第一步是让他们保持镇定,以免引发任何焦虑。非处方药发​​烧可以帮助您的孩子更舒适。潮湿的空气使儿童呼吸更容易,可以帮助缓解严重的咳嗽。尝试使用凉爽的加湿器或运行热水淋浴在接缝中静置10分钟。如果外面很酷,请尝试在外面呼吸凉爽的空气或窗户略微降低驱动器。凉爽的空气可以帮助缓解症状。

Most kids recover from croup easily without lasting problems. Children who were born prematurely, have asthma or any other lung diseases can be at risk for complications from croup. Seek immediate medical care if your child is not responding to home treatment after three to five days or is showing the following symptoms:

  • 不哭泣或激动时发出高呼吸的声音
  • Makes high-pitched breathing sounds when they inhale or exhale
  • Seem anxious and agitated more than usual or are fatigued and listless
  • 挣扎着呼吸
  • Breathing at a faster rate than usual
  • Is showing signs of cyanosis, such as blue or grayish skin around the nose, mouth or fingernails

红眼病

粉红色的眼睛是炎症或an infection of the transparent membrane that lines your eyelid and covers the white part of your eyeball. Pink eye is typically caused by bacterial or viral infections, allergies or an incompletely opened tear duct.

Signs and Symptoms of Pink Eye

The signs and symptoms of pink eye include:

  • Redness in one or both eyes
  • Itchiness in one or both eyes
  • Discharge in one or both eyes
  • 撕裂
  • A gritty feeling in the eye

Newborns are susceptible to bacteria that is normally present in the birth canal. The bacteria don’t cause symptoms in the mother. In rare cases, the bacteria can cause children to develop a serious form of conjunctivitis called ophthalmia neonatorum and requires immediate treatment to prevent blindness. You will often see antibiotic ointment being applied to a newborn’s eye shortly after birth to prevent eye infection.

治疗和对粉红色眼睛的支持

粉红色眼睛治疗的重点是缓解症状。病毒粉红色的眼睛通常自行消失。细菌Pinkeye通常用抗生素眼滴或软膏治疗。您可以通过在眼睛上使用凉爽或温暖的压缩,并用温水,纱布或棉球小心地清洁感染眼的边缘,从而帮助您的孩子感觉更好。

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a mild viral infection that is most commonly found in young children. This infection causes a rash on the hands and feet and sores in the mouth.

Signs and Symptoms of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

手,脚和口腔疾病的孵育期为三到六天。手,脚和口腔疾病会引起以下症状:

  • 不适的感觉
  • Sore throat
  • Fever
  • Painful, blister-like lesions on the palms, soles and sometimes buttocks
  • Loss of appetite
  • 幼儿的烦躁

发烧通常是手,脚和口腔疾病的第一个迹象,其次是喉咙痛,有时是食欲不振,通常感到不适。

Treatments and Support for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

您的儿科医生将能够通过评估症状来确定您的孩子在任何其他类型的病毒感染中是否患有手,脚和口腔疾病。没有治疗手,脚和口腔疾病的治疗方法 - 症状和症状通常在七到十天内清除。

除阿司匹林以外的其他非处方止痛药应该有助于总体不适。

When Should I Take My Child To A Hospital Emergency Room?

In most cases, these common illnesses should clear up within a few days. A visit to your pediatrician should be made if your child has any of the following conditions:

  • Colds and coughs that have not gone away within a few days
  • Earaches
  • 过敏
  • Severe sore throat and other signs of strep throat
  • Rashes or mild skin infections
  • 排尿痛苦

如果您的孩子患有严重的疾病或需要立即护理的伤害,应进行急诊室探访。一些迹象表明您的孩子需要紧急护理包括:

  • 癫痫发作
  • Severe pain
  • 呼吸急促或呼吸困难
  • 严重过敏反应的迹象
  • Uncontrolled bleeding or vomiting
  • 无意识
  • Eye injuries
  • 胃突然又尖锐或腹痛
  • Severe spinal cord or head injuries
  • Neck stiffness with fever
  • Strange, less alert and unusually withdrawn behavior

新生儿三个月大得多more fragile immune system than older children. You should seek emergency medical attention for your newborn any time you see anything unexpected or different that concerns you, including:

  • Symptoms of dehydration, such as sunken eyes or less than 6 wet diapers per day
  • 难以唤醒他们
  • A fever of 100.4 or higher
  • 快速或努力的呼吸
  • 血腥的呕吐或粪便
  • Frequent forceful vomiting or if they’re unable to keep fluids down
  • 颅骨背面的一个柔和的斑点(Fontanelle)即使您的宝宝​​保持镇定和直立,它也会凸起 - 特别是在发烧或极度疲倦的情况下发生

横幅儿童会在这里帮助您的孩子立即回到自己的感觉。如果您的孩子正在经历这些常见疾病中的任何一种,请给我们打电话。

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