Fever in children

Under the term fever, including in children, understand the defensive reaction of the body, which is accompanied by an increase in body temperature. A similar phenomenon is observed as a result of the introduction into the body of the pathogen, which the body, in turn, tries to neutralize.

What are fevers?

Children usually have 2 kinds of fevers:

• " White " fever;
• "Red" fever.

White fever in a child is characterized by the appearance of clinical signs of centralization of the circulatory system. In this case, the child's skin becomes cold, pale, often there is increased sweating. All this is characteristic of pale fever in children.

With red fever, the skin becomes hot to the touch, hyperemia appears.

What other types of fevers are there?

In addition to the above-mentioned classical types of fevers, they are also distinguished by those that are caused by specific pathogens. An example of this is mice fever, the symptoms of which in children are very similar to the usual manifestations of acute respiratory disease. The carrier of the virus are the mouse-voles. In this case, the infection occurs:

• airborne dust (by inhaling dust with excrement of carrier mice);
• by alimentary route (with the use of contaminated water and food);
• contact (in contact with the animal carrier of the virus).

With this disease, the excretory system of children is involved in the process, i.e. kidney damage occurs. In addition, there is a general intoxication of the body. As such, there are no clear signs of murine fever in children. The diagnosis is made on the basis of a blood test, in which a virus that causes the disease is detected. With untimely treatment, a lethal outcome is possible.

Rheumatic fever in children is a postinfectious complication of diseases such as tonsillitis , pharyngitis, which are caused by group A streptococcus. It is common in predisposed individuals, in particular in children 7-15 years old.