Doctors practice rehabilitation for pediatric patients - Photo: HA NGUYET
Recently, doctors in the intensive care and poison control department at Phu Tho Provincial Obstetrics and Children's Hospital have successfully treated a case of a 7-year-old boy with cerebral infarction. Pediatric patient H.D.H. was admitted to the hospital with quadriplegia and difficulty speaking.
It is known that 5 days earlier, the baby showed symptoms of short-term weakness of the limbs, difficulty speaking but no fever, no headache, and incontinence.
The family took the baby to the district medical center for examination. The child was prescribed a brain computed tomography scan but no abnormalities were detected, so they were asked to continue monitoring at home.
Back home, the child had a longer bout of quadriplegia (about 15 - 20 minutes) accompanied by difficulty speaking and incontinence. However, when the paralysis stops, the child can move and talk normally.
The child continued to have weakness in the limbs but it lasted for many hours along with difficulty breathing and speaking. The family quickly took the child to the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital for examination.
At the time of admission, the child had difficulty breathing and had to be given oxygen support. The child was tired, his limbs were weak, his muscle strength was 3/5, he had difficulty speaking, his mouth was not distorted, he had incontinence, and there were signs of mental paralysis. focal meridians.
Doctor Nguyen Vo Loc, deputy head of the hospital's intensive care and poison control department, said that immediately after receiving the patient, the hospital immediately had the child perform laboratory tests to find the cause.
In particular, the results of magnetic resonance imaging of the child's brain showed damage to the front of the pons. "Because this is a rare medical case, we invited a consultation on the film results with experts from Hanoi Medical University Hospital and reached a consensus that the child had infarction of the brain parenchyma, pons and brainstem." – said Dr. Loc.
The patient was treated to prevent cerebral edema and use anticoagulants according to the protocol. After 5 days of treatment, the child's condition has improved quite a lot, the child still has mild limb weakness, muscle strength is 4/5, and can eat and drink. The child is talking more but still has difficulty and still has incontinence.
After 20 days of treatment, the child was able to walk normally, speak clearly, eat well, have bowel and bladder control, no fever, no vomiting, no headaches. The child was discharged from the hospital and scheduled for a follow-up visit after 2 weeks.
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According to Dr. Loc, stroke (including cerebral infarction) is a very rare dangerous disease in young children. Children may show signs of muscle weakness, limb weakness, difficulty moving, difficulty speaking...
If not detected and treated promptly, the disease can leave very serious sequelae such as speech disorders, paralysis of limbs, half of the body, paralysis of the whole body, incontinence of normal movements, loss of control. control bowel movements...
Doctors recommend that parents and caregivers pay special attention to unusual signs in children. In particular, signs of limb weakness are often a manifestation of many severe neurological diseases.
Therefore, when you see your child showing these dangerous signs, you need to quickly take your child to specialized medical facilities for timely examination and treatment.
