Children often experience sore throat, cough, and high fever. Fever can be a symptom of common diseases, including colds, sore throat, or viral infection. Fever occurs because the immune system is reacting against the virus.
Some bacterial infections, such as strep throat or pneumonia, can look like the flu or a cold. Flu also growing its kind and much worrying everyone, let's call it like the bird flu to the last sound the swine flu
Hence, most of the parents is often difficult to distinguish between the common cold or flu serious happened to her son. Although other types of flu usually causes more serious symptoms that make a person feel worse than symptoms associated with the common cold, but it is not always easy to distinguish between the two. Especially if it happens to a child, then we will be more difficult to distinguish.
the symptoms of the common cold or the flu seriously, it is necessary to understand your flu symptoms.
Here are some guidelines to distinguish between the symptoms of the common cold and flu, other types of more serious in children as MSNHealth quoted on Thursday (01/03/2012), among others:
Symptoms of the common cold, among other things:
1. Ill start slowly
2. No fever or mild fever
3. Mild fatigue
4. No headache or mild headache
5. Normal appetite
6. No complaints on the muscle
7. No chills
Symptoms of other types of flu can be more serious, such as:
1. Ill suddenly
2. High fever
3. Severe fatigue
4. Headache
5. Appetite down
6. Aches
7. Shiver
However, do not be too quick to conclude about the kind of flu that occurs in children. Because flu symptoms can vary from child to child, and symptoms can change with disease progression. So if the child should experience some flu symptoms, immediately to bring the child to the doctor.
Sometimes doctors also require investigation to establish an accurate diagnosis of the flu. It's important to get immediate medical attention if the child has more severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, high fever, severe headache, or sore throat.
Children with certain medical conditions can also have a higher risk. Some children with chronic medical conditions may be more sick with the flu and needs to be hospitalized. So also with the flu in infants, can also be dangerous.
For children with severe flu symptoms or other special circumstances, the doctor may prescribe antiviral drugs that can relieve the symptoms of flu, but only if administered within 48 hours of the appearance of flu.
Parents can take care of the child by giving lots of fluids, rest, and more comfort.
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