Diseases of children (pediatrics)

Symptoms of adenovirus infection

Symptoms of adenovirus infection in children usually begin acutely, but the various signs of adenovirus infection do not appear simultaneously, but sequentially.

Adenovirus infection in children

Adenovirus infection in children is an acute infectious respiratory disease with fever, intoxication, damage to the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, with damage to the conjunctiva of the eyes and lymphoid tissue.

Parainfluenza in children

Parainfluenza is an acute respiratory disease with moderate intoxication and predominant damage to the mucous membranes of the nose and larynx. In the general structure of viral diseases of the respiratory system in children, parainfluenza accounts for 10 to 30%. The proportion of parainfluenza cases depends on the season, incidence of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections, the age of the children and the completeness of diagnostics. The highest incidence is recorded among children in the first 2 years of life.

Flu treatment

Treatment of children with influenza is carried out mainly at home. Hospitalization is carried out according to clinical, epidemiological and social indications. Patients with influenza must be hospitalized in a boxed or semi-boxed department.

Signs of the flu

The incubation period of flu lasts from several hours to 2 days for flu A and up to 3-4 days for flu B. The disease begins acutely, with a rise in body temperature to high values (39-40 °C), accompanied by chills, general weakness, fatigue, muscle and joint pain. Fever reaches its maximum by the end of the first, less often on the second day of illness.

Influenza in children

Influenza is a widespread infection with epidemic and pandemic morbidity. During the interepidemic period, morbidity is supported by sporadic cases and local outbreaks. During an epidemic/pandemic, natural immunization of the majority of the population and a decrease in the susceptible population occur, which leads to a rapid decrease in morbidity.

Coxsackie and ECHO infection in children

Coxsackie and ECHO infection is a group of acute diseases caused by enteroviruses Coxsackie and ECHO, has a variety of clinical manifestations from mild febrile conditions and simple carriage of the virus to severe meningoencephalitis, myocarditis, myalgia.

Extraintestinal yersiniosis (pseudotuberculosis) in children

Pseudotuberculosis (Far Eastern scarlet fever-like fever, pasteurellosis, acute mesenteric lymphadenitis, etc.) is an acute infectious disease from the group of zoonoses with general intoxication, fever, scarlet fever-like rash, as well as damage to other organs and systems.

Symptoms of cytomegalovirus infection

Symptoms of cytomegalovirus infection in children are typically characterized by the presence of a triad of signs: jaundice, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and hemorrhagic purpura.

Causes and pathogenesis of cytomegalovirus infection

The cause of cytomegalovirus infection is a DNA virus of the Herpesviridae family. In terms of morphological properties, this virus is similar to the herpes simplex virus.