What are the symptoms of kokyusha? How to diagnose and pertussis treatment? How does the prevention of a cough? These questions you will find in the article.
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inflammatory phenomena in the upper respiratory tract
and an approached spasmodic cough. Most often
Inspace unvacuated children under 5 years old, and especially dangerous
Poklush for children of the first year of life. At an older age this
Infection proceeds much easier.
Cocktle is called
Specific bacterium called Bordetella Pertussis. Microbe
transmitted by air-droplet (with cough, sneezing, conversation) when
close communication with sick person. The disease is very infectious. but
Contact (for example, through toys) the path of transmission of infection is impossible,
As bacterium quickly dies in the external environment.
Immunity
after the disease is produced very persistent and usually persisted on all
a life. Repeated diseases may occur in old age. but
as a right, doctors take it for colds - so easy
Personal disease.
Cocktle
Bacteria produces specific toxins that cause
Irritation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract. As a result
Development of diaphragms and muscles of bronchi (bronchospasm) develops, and arises
so-called spastic cough. Crested Reflex gradually
fastened in the respiratory center of the oblong brain (department of the head
Brain), which leads to strengthening and increased cough attacks.
Incubation period
(time from infection until the appearance of the first symptoms of the disease) lasts
usually from one to two weeks. The disease begins gradually.
The body temperature slightly rises, runny nose and dry
cough. In this phase of the disease, parents often think he «Little
Shept», And the child continues to go to school or kindergarten, infecting
surrounding. Cough gradually increases strength and duration
and goes to spasmodatic. This cough cough is so
it is specific that the doctor is quite at least once to hear it to
Immediately put the correct diagnosis.
In a spasmodic attack
After a whistling inhale, a series of short convulsive coughs
jolts that without stopping follow each other throughout
One exhalation. Sometimes such attacks are accompanied by vomiting, the formation
or redness of the face, the discharge of sputum.
Within one day such
attacks can be 20-30 or more, depending on the severity
Diseases. The patient's face becomes fined, on the skin sometimes
hemorrhage appear, conjunctivitis can begin, and on the bridle
Language is formed ulcell. Convulsive cough attacks may occur
At any time of the day, but most often - at night and in the morning.
How
Rule, out of coughing cough, the child's condition is almost no different
from normal. Temperature of the body remains normal.
Increased body temperature during the period of spasmodic cough most often
indicates the accession of complications.
Period
Spasmodic cough lasts about 3-4 weeks and more, the number
attacks gradually decrease and they become less intense.
Nevertheless, a small cough, weakness, irritability
and the increased excitability of the child is preserved during the following
several months.
The most frequent complication
Poklumusha is pneumonia, which is already caused by other microbes -
Streptococci and staphylococci. Children of the first year of life Cocal
dangerous stops of breathing during attacks whose duration
varies from a few seconds to a few minutes. Due to lack
Oxygen they may develop skeletal muscle cramps,
Encephalopathy and T.D.
Other complications: bronchitis, pleurisy
(inflammation of pleura covering light), purulent otitis, false croup.
Occasionally there are severe complications arising due to strong
cough jolts (hemorrhage in the brain, rupture of drummers,
Pneumothorax and T.D.).
Diagnosis and treatment of cough
Diagnosis of Cocklush
exhibited with a typical cough. To confirm it can
Sowing sputum and mucus taken from the mucous membrane
GLAGE.
Treatment, as a rule, spend at home.
Hospitalized with cough rarely, mostly small children and patients
with severe or complicated form of illness.
Huge importance for
The treatment of this disease acquires fresh, moistened air in the room
Patient (frequent ventilating room), fractional food (frequent
eating with small portions), reducing the impact of external
stimuli capable of provoking cough (in particular, light
and noise). At normal body temperature useful walking in the fresh
air (at a temperature not lower than -10º WITH).
From medicinal
Preparations The doctor usually prescribes antibiotics, antihistamines
and antitussive drugs and, sometimes, neuroleptics - to weaken
Spasmatic cough.
To date
The most effective measure of combating cough is the introduction
ADC vaccines made to the mandatory vaccination calendar.
At
Identify a child, a sick cough, a quarantine is introduced for 2 weeks for
previously not vaccinated and non-coughing cough of children under the age of 7 years.
