Dr. Mihai Craiu, a recognized pediatric doctor from Romania, has transmitted a warning on the recurrence of serious cases of respiratory infections in children. “Christians, kindergartens and schools will be opened, and the number of cases of respiratory failure will increase accelerated,” the doctor said.
Pediatrician Mihai Craiu Photo: Archive
“The serious cases have reappeared. Now at the end of the summer, with an increased frequency, the cases of respiratory failure triggered by viral respiratory infections in the young child. The worst cases of our yesterday morning (no: Thursday, August 21) at the CPU were represented by two such children. accelerated in the next month if we are not prepared ”wrote Dr. Mihai Craiu, announced Dr. Mihai Craiu, a pediatric primary physician at the Institute for the Health of the Mother and Child “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” in Bucharest, on his Facebook page Virtual Children’s Hospital.
According to the specialist, a European study on bronchiolitis in the child, in which our hospital (Insmc) was involved, shows that we reached exactly where I was before the pandemic.
“Of the more than 11,300 cases of bronchiolitis presented in us in emergencies almost half (5184) were under 6 months. Many have become hospitalized, some even in intensive care”, Stated Dr. Craiu.
How do we recognize a baby with bronchiolitis at the beginning?
“It usually has wheezing, (a whispering noise that occurs when it is struggling to expire), rapid breathing for age or clinical condition (over 50 breaths per minute is abnormal in infants), clogging the soft parts. If you see these signs and the child who looks under 6 months. run to the hospital. Immediate! ”, Explained the doctor.
What can we do now for prevention?
Dr. Mihai Craiu made a series of recommendations to prevent bronchiolitis cases.
“Sure helps to wash/disinfecting the hands when we are preparing to reach a baby. Avoid crowded and unventilated spaces when we go with the sugar at home is a prudent measure. Avoiding close contact and repeated touches (attention to the brothers who go to kindergarten) is not a need. of the respiratory tract – both at the smoker and especially in the young children nearby”, Concluded the pediatrician.
