What is infantile myocarditis

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Children's disease is always a headache, sometimes can not give them too much medicine, because most of the drugs on the body of children will have a certain impact, of course, children's myocarditis is also a very common phenomenon. Now let's talk about what is pediatric myocarditis.

What is infantile myocarditis

First: new onset, clinical symptoms are obvious and changeable, the course of disease is not more than 6 months. Mild symptoms, mainly fatigue, followed by sweating, pale, palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness, dizziness, low spirits and so on. The examination showed pale complexion, cyanosis around the mouth, low and blunt apical first heart sound, mild blowing like systolic murmur.

Second: viral cold or upper respiratory tract infection is easy to cause myocarditis, which is caused by the direct invasion of the myocardium after virus infection, and may also be caused by the autoimmune reaction after virus infection. The former is more common in children, while the latter is more common in teenagers. And spring is the season of high incidence of viral myocarditis, the public should be careful.

Third: the severity of viral myocarditis is different, so the symptoms vary. Mild, localized disease can be asymptomatic, some people because of an accident autopsy found to have myocarditis lesions. But serious people have obvious symptoms, such as diffuse enlargement of the heart, heart failure, severe asthma, and inability to lie on the back; some have arrhythmias, leading to repeated syncope and even sudden death.

matters needing attention

When children have symptoms of infantile myocarditis, we should not worry too much, we should first judge the disease according to common sense, because there may be some other diseases similar to this phenomenon. But also absolutely can not be taken lightly, parents should pay more attention to the child's physical changes.