7 year old boy in Phu Tho had a stroke

Patient H.D.H. (7 years old, residing in Tan Son, Phu Tho) was admitted to Phu Tho Provincial Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital in a state of quadriplegia accompanied by difficulty speaking. According to family members, 5 days before being admitted to the hospital, the child had symptoms of quadriplegia in short episodes, difficulty speaking but no fever, no headache, and no incontinence. The family took the child to the District Medical Center for examination. The child was ordered to have a CT scan of the brain but no abnormalities were detected, so he was asked to continue monitoring at home.

However, the child continued to have episodes of weakness in his limbs. On February 18, the child's condition worsened, and his family took him to Phu Tho Province Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital for examination. At this time, the child had difficulty breathing and needed oxygen support, was tired, had weak limbs, had 3/5 muscle strength, had difficulty speaking, had incontinence, and showed signs of localized nerve paralysis.

The child was quickly scanned and discovered to have damage to the front of the pons. Working with experts in Hanoi, the doctors diagnosed the child with a cerebral infarction - a type of stroke, pons and brainstem.

After 20 days of treatment, the child was able to walk normally, speak clearly, eat well, have self-control in urination and defecation, no fever, no vomiting, no headache. The child was discharged from the hospital and scheduled for a follow-up visit after 2 weeks.

Resident Doctor Nguyen Vo Loc - Deputy Head of the Department of Intensive Care - Anti-Poison, Phu Tho Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital said that cerebral infarction is a dangerous disease that is very rare in young children. If not detected and treated promptly, the disease can leave very serious sequelae such as: language disorders, paralysis of limbs, half of the body, paralysis of the whole body, inability to control normal movements, loss of control of urination and defecation due to inability to control oneself.