Attention Parents! 4 Common Diseases Recently

Child Health and Diseases Specialist Dr. Elida Yüksel emphasized that children often get sick and cannot go to school due to dirty hands being applied to the face, the environment not being ventilated regularly, and viruses and infections spread into the air when coughing and sneezing, and said that when they recover, they quickly get sick again. The most common diseases that knock on children's doors lately are; Dr. lists these as cold, flu, acute bronchiolitis and pharyngitis. Elida Yüksel explained the symptoms of these diseases and ways to protect them, what to do if the disease knocked on the door, and made important warnings and suggestions.

Pointing out that the most common winter disease in children is the common cold, Dr. Elida Yüksel, in the treatment of the common cold, which manifests itself with symptoms such as runny nose, nasal congestion, cough, sneezing and itchy throat; He noted that washing the nose with physiological saline, eating a healthy diet, consuming vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C, drinking plenty of water and rest are very important.

Emphasizing that influenza (flu), which has become very common recently, is transmitted very easily in closed and crowded environments, Dr. Yüksel noted that the main symptoms of the disease are high and persistent fever, runny nose, sore throat, pain in muscles and joints, abdominal pain, chills, redness in the eyes, cough, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Dr. noted that bronchiolitis, a source of viral infection that has recently been seen very frequently especially in babies under the age of two, is defined as wheezing and respiratory distress that develops after upper respiratory tract complaints. Yüksel stated that the disease, which primarily progresses with a runny nose and mild fever in babies who are in crowded environments and exposed to cigarette smoke, goes down to the lungs and causes respiratory distress, rapid breathing and wheezing, and added: "When these complaints occur, a doctor should be consulted without delay, otherwise serious respiratory distress, respiratory distress, "It can lead to very serious diseases such as apnea, fluid loss and heart failure," he warned.

Dr. also emphasized that the complaints of pharyngitis, which often begins with high fever, chills, shaking, difficulty in swallowing, throat and ear pain, progress increasingly. Elida Yüksel said, "Since acute pharyngitis is mostly caused by viral infections, antibiotics should not be used indiscriminately; in case of bacterial pharyngitis, antibiotics should be used if the doctor deems it necessary."