[우리문화신문=유용우 한의사] Usually, when the weather gets cold or the change of season approaches, an advertisement saying “Be careful not to catch a cold!” comes to mind. After the COVID-19 pandemic, which was scarier than a cold, many children are suffering from an unusually severe cold this spring in a car trying to be a little relieved.
Although the social atmosphere seems to have been liberated from Corona 19, an average of 10,000 infections per day are still maintained. Unlike in the past, thorough epidemiological investigations and examinations are not conducted, so it is thought that there will be more in reality. In addition, the flu that afflicts our children in winter and spring is also steadily prevalent. In the midst of this, even the traditional cold virus is polarizing, so this spring is especially difficult. In fact, according to the statistics of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of respiratory patients increased by more than 30% from the end of March to the present, compared to the same period last year, and most of the increase is considered to be cold patients.
Many respiratory diseases such as influenza, common cold, and COVID-19 are currently prevalent, but there are cases where they are accompanied by serious illnesses other than colds, so it is necessary to deal wisely.
1. In case of fever and cold and other symptoms or concurrently
When children have a fever, the first thing they think of is a cold. In fact, it is often the beginning of a cold, but in many cases, children get a fever just by ingesting it. In addition, there are unexpectedly many cases where a cold and body temperature (滯气) coexist. Therefore, while suspecting a cold when children have a fever, you should also look at whether there is a physical condition.
If you have a fever with body ki (滯气) alone, it shows a state of upper fever and lower limits (上熱下寒). Soon, a fever rises to the head, the face flushes, the lips become dry, and the upper fever symptoms, along with cold hands and feet, and sometimes abdominal pain and diarrhea or constipation symptoms appear. In this case, you should start by relieving your body constitution rather than a cold.
When a cold (感气) and body qi (滯气) run concurrently, the overall circadian rhythm is disrupted. A cold is a picture of a war taking place in my body due to an outside invasion. As a result, the overall biorhythm is disturbed, and in particular, the function of the digestive mucosa, which has a similar structure and function to the respiratory mucosa, often deteriorates as well. Therefore, when you catch a cold, your digestive capacity often falls together, even if you do not have physical strength.
Especially when children catch a cold, they lose their appetite. If you try not to eat well and your lips start to dry out, you should recognize that your body is in parallel and deal with it. It’s okay to starve for three days soon, so don’t try to feed food on purpose, give only as much as you want, and when treating, it is necessary to release your body first or treat your body and a cold in parallel.
2. Influenza lump secondary infection (pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc.)
Influenza or influenza, commonly known as “the flu,” is a highly contagious acute febrile respiratory illness caused by influenza A or B viruses. In the past, a severe cold was called the flu, but recently it refers to an infection with the influenza virus.
Symptoms of the flu suddenly appear throughout the body, such as headache, fever, chills, muscle pain, fatigue, and loss of appetite, accompanied by respiratory symptoms such as sore throat, cough, runny nose, and nasal congestion. However, similar to a cold, there are times when only respiratory symptoms are shown without fever, so you should not immediately conclude that you have a cold just because you cough or have a sore throat.
Influenza symptoms, represented by the flu, are very similar to those of a common cold, only with severe severity. However, it can cause fatal complications such as pneumonia, so it must be differentially diagnosed with a cold.
Difference between cold and influenza
If both cold and flu are not treated early, they will eventually reach a state of pneumonia. Soon, the virus invades the alveoli, the final destination of the respiratory passage. Therefore, if the fever persists for more than 3 days or if breathing becomes difficult, pneumonia should be suspected.
3. Sinusitis, otitis media
Common chronic rhinitis ends with the appearance of uncomfortable symptoms in the nose and surrounding areas due to a decrease in the function of the nose and sinuses. However, when rhinitis gets worse, tonsil edema and tonsillitis along the respiratory passage, swelling of the throat, sputum come out, and swelling of the bronchial mucosa. On the other hand, as the burden on the sinuses increases, symptoms of sinusitis, sinusitis, and otitis media are revealed. This series of processes is similar to the flow of respiratory infections including colds, so it is easy to be mistaken for a cold. It’s rhinitis soon, but there are many cases where you only take cold medicine because you judge that you catch a cold often. On the contrary, there are cases in which a cold gets worse after thinking it is rhinitis and neglecting treatment.
In particular, in the case of severe sinusitis, it is often mistaken for a cold because the symptoms of chills, fever, and facial pain are revealed in virtually the same situation as respiratory infections. Therefore, there is usually rhinitis, but if the severity is severe, along with suspecting a cold, sinusitis should be observed as well.
4. Enteritis, peritonitis, infantile colic
Infection from the outside occurs through the skin and mucous membranes. When viruses and bacteria invade the digestive tract along with food and try to invade our body, the immune system of the digestive tract is activated to defend it. When such a load of defense mechanisms occurs, a so-called emergency occurs and acute inflammatory changes are revealed in the digestive tract, which is called acute enteritis.
Among these acute enteritis, such as bacterial enteritis and viral enteritis, when the cause is obvious and the name is attached, the symptoms are similar to those of a cold. A fever soon emerges, complaining of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, and in severe cases, high fever and low body temperature occur repeatedly. Especially in the case of children, if they show symptoms of a cold, but if their stomach hurts, vomits or constantly cries, they should suspect enteritis and deal with it.
In addition, peritonitis and infantile colic have similar symptoms to a cold, so it is good to observe them closely and consult with a specialist.
2023-04-16 02:15:15
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