What are the methods for diagnosing encephalitis in children?

Children's physical health is very easily affected, especially those with poor resistance who often encounter major diseases, causing great damage to their bodies and families. For example, childhood encephalitis is a very serious disease that has a lifelong impact on children. In order to be able to receive timely treatment, the condition of encephalitis must be correctly diagnosed. Let's take a look at the methods for diagnosing childhood encephalitis.

Symptoms of meningitis in children

1. At the beginning, the symptoms are similar to those of a cold, such as cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose, and are often misdiagnosed. The condition will then quickly develop into high fever, severe headache, nausea, frequent vomiting, and vomiting often in the form of jets. In addition, drowsiness, fatigue, neck stiffness, photosensitivity, and ecchymosis and petechiae on the skin and mucous membranes may also occur. At this point, the condition is already very serious. If convulsions, coma, shock and other phenomena occur, it will endanger your health.

2. In newborns and infants, high fever is not always present, low fever may occur sometimes. It is also accompanied by high-pitched and continuous crying, unusual sleepiness, abnormal sensitivity, poor appetite, and staring eyes.

3. Children with meningitis will have sinus infections and upper respiratory tract infections. Bacterial meningitis is a particularly serious disease that requires prompt treatment if it is not treated actively. Otherwise, bacterial meningitis can be life-threatening if it is not treated.

4. Pediatric meningitis is actually quite rare. In the United States, there are no more than 3,000 cases of pediatric meningitis each year. Most children with pediatric meningitis are infants under two years old. The initial symptoms of meningitis in children are similar to those of a cold. Children with meningitis will have symptoms of fever and headache, and may vomit.

5. If a child with meningitis is not treated in time, the child will definitely die within a few hours. If he does not die, it may even cause permanent mental damage to the patient. Moreover, viral meningitis can even be a more serious disease if it is treated aggressively. Most of you will recover fully with no after-effects.