Among the diseases there are those that pass themselves, most often asymptomatic. One of them is a mononucleosis, which by the age of 5, 50% of children are ill, but most often they suffer from adolescents.
In the article you will learn how to identify and treat mononucleosis in children.
Infectious mononucleosis (EBV infection) is an acute viral disease that is transmitted by airborne droplets, most often with saliva through kisses, general dishes, bed linen. With it, lymphoid tissues are selectively affected, that is adenoids, liver, spleen, lymph nodes and tonsils.
In 80% of cases the disease is asymptomatic or in an erased form. But the symptoms of this disease can be:
- general tiredness and weakness;
- temperature increase;
- obstructed nasal breathing (with snoring) due to inflammation of adenoids;
- enlargement of the liver and / and spleen;
- inflammation and enlargement of lymph nodes;
- pain in the throat and white coating on the tonsils;
- The presence in the blood of special cells - atypical mononuclear cells.
It should be noted that with a correctly diagnosed diagnosis, complications can be avoided. It is often confused with sore throat, but parents should remember that if the throat hurts and the nose is stuffy, this is most likely a mononucleosis.
How to cure mononucleosis in a child?
For today, there are no specific ways of treating it. It passes by itself, and 2-3 weeks after the onset of symptoms, all the diseased recover. Treatment of infectious mononucleosis in children is symptomatic, to facilitate the course of the disease and prevent the development of complications:
- at a temperature - antipyretic;
- with a blocked nose - washing and instillation;
- with inflammation of the tonsils - rinsing and throat treatment;
- abundant drinking;
- bed rest;
- vitamin therapy;
- restriction of physical activity up to 1.5 months - due to the possibility of rupture of the spleen.
It is important in the treatment of mononucleosis in children not to use antibiotics such as ampicillin and amoxicillin or their medicines
In the treatment of mononucleosis in children and after it is necessary to adhere to a diet: food should be balanced, taken often and in small portions in the form of light food.
If a child is diagnosed with a disease, quarantine in kindergartens and schools is not introduced. It is very important in the treatment of mononucleosis to protect the child from communicating with other children, since the disease reduces immunity, which increases the chance of catching other infections.