What are the early symptoms of baby pharyngitis

Many people in life are still relatively unfamiliar with the disease of baby herpetic pharyngitis, so many parents always ignore the existence of herpetic pharyngitis, fail to discover the disease in time and treat it early, which leads to the delay of the disease. Therefore, only by understanding the early symptoms of this disease can we discover the disease as early as possible. So, what are the early symptoms of baby pharyngitis?

Experts say that baby pharyngitis is more common in children aged 3 to 10 years old, and is more common in summer and autumn. The same patient may have multiple episodes caused by different types of viruses. The incubation period is 3 to 10 days. It usually starts with a sudden high fever, which may reach a peak within 24 to 48 hours, rising to 39 to 41°C, accompanied by headache, throat discomfort, myalgia, etc. Infants and young children often have vomiting, refusal to eat, and even high fever convulsions. Older children and adults often have severe sore throat, dysphagia, myalgia in the limbs, anorexia and fatigue. After 4 to 5 days, small gray papules appear in the pharynx, which develop into blisters and ulcers within 24 hours. The characteristic lesions are surrounded by a 1 to 5 mm red halo. Lesions often appear on the anterior pillars of the tonsils, the edge of the soft palate, and the uvula. The ulcer heals after 1 to 5 days, and the fever usually subsides and the symptoms disappear within 3 days. The prognosis of this disease is good.

Acute lymphocytic pharyngitis is a variant of herpetic pharyngitis caused by Coxsackievirus A10. It has the same lesions as typical pharyngitis, but does not progress to blisters and ulcers. Only gray-white papules formed by lymphocyte infiltration remain, surrounded by a red halo.

Baby pharyngitis is on the rise and is common in infants and young children. The clinical features are sudden onset of high fever accompanied by sore throat, headache, anorexia, and often pain in the neck, abdomen and limbs. Vomiting and convulsions often occur in infants. Within 2 days of onset, a small number (rarely more than 12) of small (1-2 mm in diameter) gray-white blisters surrounded by a red halo appear on the oral mucosa. They are mostly seen in the front part of the tonsils, but can also be located on the soft palate, tonsils, uvula, tongue, etc. Within the next 24 hours, the blisters rupture and become shallow ulcers, which are generally less than 5 mm in diameter and heal within 1-5 days. Complications are rare: symptoms generally disappear within 7 days. After infection, long-lasting immunity is produced, but other viruses in group A or other enteroviruses may also cause recurrence.

If this disease occurs alone, there are often no systemic symptoms. The children show symptoms of acute onset, sudden high fever, and runny nose in the early stages. Older children will then complain of oral pain or refusal to eat, while younger babies will show symptoms of irritability, crying, drooling, yellow and scanty urine, and dry and ball-like stools. During the examination, small gray-white blisters can be seen on the child's upper palate, oral mucosa, posterior pharyngeal wall, tonsils and other oral mucosa. The blisters will break and form ulcers within about 1-2 days. Generally, herpetic pharyngitis is often accompanied by bleeding gums when touched, bad breath in the mouth, and enlarged submandibular lymph nodes, but it rarely affects the skin outside the mouth.

Through the above experts' detailed answers to the question of what are the early symptoms of baby pharyngitis, I believe everyone should now understand that the early symptoms of baby herpetic pharyngitis cannot be ignored. Timely discovery and early treatment are the key to treating the disease. Of course, when treating this disease, do not ignore the choice of treatment hospital. Be sure to choose to go to a regular professional hospital for the treatment of baby pharyngitis.