Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Kawasaki disease hazard to children

Kawasaki disease is a vasculitis syndrome, Also known as mucosal skin lymph node node syndrome, occurs in 2-4 years old children, common to boys. In recent years, the incidence rate has increased. Kawasaki disease is the greatest damage against coronary artery, coronary artery lesions in children is the main reason, but also adult after the potential risk factors for coronary heart disease. In China in July-September incidence more, therefore, at the turn of the summer and fall, the parents should be particularly vigilant in Kawasaki disease in infants. Children in general are more than before on the incidence of respiratory infection prodromal symptoms. Sustained high fever and no rebate 1-2 weeks, the eyes conjunctival hyperemia, your lips lesion hemorrhage, congestive oral mucosa, and tongue-like surface seems Yangmei, a systemic form of diversification rash, edema flushing and hand-foot-rigid cervical lymphadenopathy. These symptoms persisted, in the fingers and toes along the terminal at the junction of nail and skin characteristic of a membrane-like peeling, can also be found around the anus peeling. Some children with Kawasaki disease can be complicated by heart, brain, liver, lung, kidney and other organ damage, of which the most prominent cardiovascular damage, most occurred in incidence after 2-3 weeks, sustainable few months to several years. Kawasaki disease complicated by the type of cardiovascular damage, including coronary artery aneurysms, coronary expansion, such as coronary artery stenosis or occlusion. Aneurysms can be single or multiple, mostly dissipated to be 1-2 years, but partial wall fibrosis can be prompted intimal hyperplasia, leading to coronary not effective expansion, can be a serious thrombosis, luminal stenosis and occlusion myocardial infarction , can lead to serious cardiac ischemic symptoms or develop into ischemic heart disease, died of Kawasaki disease is the main reason. Kawasaki disease hazards so large, so when the children fever with rash, mucosal damage and enlarged lymph nodes, and other symptoms, parents should be timely children to go to the hospital treatment. Because the reasons for the cause of Kawasaki disease is not very clear, it is still not a good prevention measures its incidence, but in the majority of children have had prior to the onset of upper respiratory tract infection, therefore, at the turn of the summer and fall, should be avoided as far as possible upper respiratory infection. Regardless of whether children with Kawasaki disease coronary artery lesions, should pay attention to diet is reasonable, as far as possible avoid the occurrence of hyperlipidemia and hypertension, to reduce the occurrence of coronary heart disease when they grow up and dangerous. In addition, children with Kawasaki disease too, again incidence rate of 1% -3%, it can not be taken lightly. Less attention usually came down with a cold should avoid recurrence.

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