Symptoms of bronchitis in children

Childhood bronchitis is one of many common childhood diseases, and the incidence of childhood bronchitis is relatively high. To put it simply, childhood bronchitis refers to inflammation of the children's bronchia, and there are many symptoms of childhood bronchitis. Clinically, many doctors judge whether children have the disease based on the symptoms of bronchitis. Bronchitis in children can cause great harm to their bodies, so it must be treated as soon as possible.

Due to physical reasons, children's chances of getting sick are generally much higher than normal people. However, once a child becomes ill, his or her parents will be very worried, because the child is the most important person in the eyes and hearts of his or her parents, so they will take the child to treatment in time. Now let’s first introduce the symptoms of bronchitis in children.

Symptoms

(a) Age: Mostly seen in children under 1 year old, especially infants under 6 months old.

(2) The disease can occur throughout the year, but is more common in winter and spring.

(3) The onset is relatively acute, with early symptoms of a cold, such as coughing and sneezing. After 1 to 2 days, the cough worsens, and paroxysmal dyspnea, wheezing, pale complexion, cyanosis of the lips, and the three-recess sign appear. The early lung signs are mainly wheezing, followed by moist sounds. When symptoms are severe, they may be accompanied by congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, hypoxic encephalopathy, and water and electrolyte imbalances. The body temperature generally does not exceed 38.5℃, and the course of the disease is 1 to 2 weeks.

(iv) White blood cell count is mostly normal or slightly increased. Blood gas analysis may reveal hypoxemia and decreased or increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood. Chest X-rays show thickened lung texture, increased translucency of both lungs or small shadows and atelectasis. If conditions permit, rapid virus diagnosis of respiratory secretions can be performed to identify the type of virus.

The onset of acute bronchitis in children can be rapid or slow. Most of the patients first have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, and may also suddenly develop frequent and deep dry coughs, followed by gradual bronchial secretions. Infants and young children do not expectorate and usually swallow the pharynx. Those with mild symptoms have no obvious signs of illness, while those with severe symptoms have a fever of 38-39°C, occasionally reaching 40°C, which usually subsides within 2-3 days. Feeling tired, affected sleep and appetite, and even gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. The older child complained of headache and chest pain again. The cough usually lasts for 7 to 10 days, sometimes lingers for 2 to 3 weeks, or recurs. If not properly treated, it may cause pneumonia. White blood cell count is normal or slightly low, and those with elevated white blood cell count may have secondary bacterial infection.

Complications are rare in healthy children, but in children with malnutrition, low immune function, congenital respiratory tract malformations, chronic nasopharyngitis, rickets, etc., they are not only prone to bronchitis, but also prone to complications such as pneumonia, otitis media, laryngitis and sinusitis.

Through the above understanding, we know that this type of childhood bronchitis mainly occurs in children under one year old, and this disease is more common in spring and winter. In addition, the onset of bronchitis in children is very acute, and is sometimes accompanied by coughing, swelling, and in severe cases, difficulty breathing, etc. Therefore, our parents must give their children the most timely and thorough treatment.