They urge early consultation at the onset of virus symptoms to prevent complications

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Iramain, Director of the Pediatric Emergency Service at the UNA – Hospital de Clínicas Faculty of Medicine, expressed concern about the spread of viral respiratory diseases in children due to sudden temperature changes in Paraguay. Office overload. However, he stressed the importance of early counseling and warned of the risks of self-medication.

He explained that the alternation of the weather from cool to hot and from hot to cool causes drying of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract (nose, mouth to vocal cords, pharynx and larynx), which in turn affects the respiratory system. Lower respiratory tract (trachea, bronchi and their branches in the lungs, bronchioles). “Logically, it’s a good excuse and a good appeal to microbes, namely viruses and bacteria, but more specifically viruses,” he warned.

Given the current trend of spreading viral respiratory diseases, he said, they developed a protocol to carry out the scientific work, which will be presented by FCM-UNA pediatricians at the next Pediatric Congress in Paraguay. This allows it to be assessed and analyzed in a real clinical context, so it clearly has therapeutic implications, he added.

That’s how viral infections usually start, he explained, but the lesions these viruses cause in the airways wear down the airway epithelium. Generally, they are produced like real tiny holes in the airways, which in turn cause them to cause bacterial infections, which must have been combated with antibiotics.

He warned parents that if they coughed for two to four weeks, the virus could spread for a longer period of time. “While the severity of respiratory illness that manifests clinically as a cough may improve, it may persist due to these sudden changes in temperature. Therefore, when you start to cough and runny nose, consult a pediatric Doctors are important, which means a runny nose, because it turns out that complications may have started behind that,” he said.

These respiratory viral infections have complications such as acute bronchitis, which can lead to acute pneumonia. To that end, he stresses that pediatricians place a high value on early counseling, emphasizing saying no to self-medication.

He urges not to turn to a pharmacist, who, as he said, is only a technician, he is not a doctor who learns how to use medicines, because otherwise, instead of helping the child, he might even poison him. Parents should take care to see a pediatrician, whether in a public or private setting.

Children with allergies or asthma are more likely to have symptoms that develop more rapidly than children without any underlying pathology, according to Prof. Dr. Ricardo Iramain, Director of the Pediatric Emergency Service at the FCM-UNA – Hospital de Clínicas. Therefore, these small children require early consultation, as complications tend to come sooner.

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Pediatricians commented that they had a number of severe acute respiratory symptoms, including severe asthma. “In this sense, we are concerned because we are overwhelmed by consultations from patients from other hospital centers, including IPS, who only want to be consulted in the hospital hospital of the medical school. Sometimes, even if we tell the parents, ok Well, look, you have IPS and the parents say no, we believe in the Hospital de Clínica, we want to stay here,” he said.

He said parents’ preference for teaching hospitals was a privilege and a source of pride, but at times they were structurally overwhelmed. “In this sense, whether it is in terms of material resources or human resources, because we have to take into account that when there are so many hospitalized patients, each nurse can take care of the largest number of patients.” He At the same time, it is hoped that these sudden changes can be resolved as soon as possible. at their normalizing temperature.