Can EB virus symptoms be diagnosed?

EB virus is a relatively common virus and is very harmful to patients. Infection with this virus often causes symptoms of fever, sore throat, and red and swollen tonsils. It can cause swollen eyelids, swollen lymph nodes, etc., and skin rashes can appear. The stomach and intestines can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms. The more serious case is that it causes liver enlargement and pain in the liver area.

Epstein-Barr virus symptoms

From the perspective of the onset of the disease, the early symptoms of EB virus infection are similar to those of a cold and can easily be confused. However, if the following symptoms appear, parents must be extremely vigilant and go to the hospital for a check-up immediately!

1. Fever

The body temperature usually fluctuates around 39 degrees, and antipyretics are useless. The fever lasts for about a week, and some children may have a fever for more than 10 days.

2. Sore throat, swollen tonsils, swollen lymph nodes, swollen eyelids

There are purulent white spots on the throat and swollen eyes. The swollen lymph nodes are mainly located in the bilateral neck and usually gradually shrink and disappear within a few days or weeks.

3. Rash or vomiting

About 10% of the sick children may develop a rash on their skin, and some may experience vomiting.

4. Enlarged liver

About 20% of the sick children may experience liver enlargement and tenderness in the liver area, which are symptoms similar to hepatitis.

How to prevent Epstein-Barr virus?

There is currently no vaccine for the Epstein-Barr virus, so prevention can only be achieved through improving one’s lifestyle habits and behaviors.

As mentioned earlier, the EB virus has another name, called the "kissing virus," and it is mainly transmitted through the mouth through saliva. Therefore, if you want to prevent children from being infected with the EB virus, the most important thing is to do this: don’t kiss your children casually!

01. Don’t let others kiss you casually! Don't kiss yourself mouth to mouth: There are hundreds of types of bacteria in the mouths of adults, and more than 270 types can be transmitted through kissing. Children are easily infected when their resistance is low.

02. Don’t kiss your child when you are putting on makeup: harmful substances or allergens in cosmetics can enter the child’s body through kissing.

03. Don’t kiss children’s hands and feet: Young children who like to suck their fingers and toes are likely to put the hands that have just been kissed into their mouths and suck them, increasing the chance of bacterial infection.