10 children with encephalitis

July 13, 2023 11:44

Since the beginning of the year, Hai Duong Children's Hospital has received and treated about 10 children from 1.5 to 10 years old with encephalitis.


A child with chickenpox is being treated at the Infectious Diseases Department of Hai Duong Children's Hospital.

Most patients were admitted to the hospital with high fever, headache, convulsions, vomiting, mental changes, etc. Test results showed that these patients were negative for the Herpes virus, meaning that they were likely to have Japanese encephalitis B or other forms of encephalitis. At Hai Duong Children's Hospital, there are currently no chemicals to confirm Japanese encephalitis B. Current medical techniques can only diagnose about 60-70% of the causes of encephalitis. Patients with encephalitis are treated symptomatically.

Doctor Nguyen Dinh Cong, Deputy Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Hai Duong Children's Hospital, noted that from May to September is the time when children are susceptible to encephalitis. The disease progresses very quickly, if not promptly treated and treated, it can cause children to suffer from sequelae such as motor paralysis, mental retardation (cerebral palsy), loss of language, memory loss, mental disorders or coma, hearing loss or deafness, and in severe cases, death. To prevent the disease, children need to be fully vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis B...

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