Tribunnews.com Reporter Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – To date, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) due to viral infection Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) still no cure has been found.
Not only people mature, childEven children can be infected by the virus HIV this.
But different from people mature, child-children will show faster signs he got hit HIV-AIDS.
This was stated by Dr. Endah Citraresmi, Sp A (K). Virus HIV that enter the body can cause immune disorders.
“Until one child often sick, should be suspicious. There is a problem with his immune system. Sick toddlers go back and forth to the hospital. Cough and fever, diarrhea,” he said via Health Radio broadcast, Friday (12/3/2021).
Usually, indeed childChildren in general often get sick because their immune system is not as good as adults. But on child infected with Covid-19 will be different.
Children who are not infected with Covid-19, the illness is relatively mild. So that his body can handle it. If a child has HIV, the illness will be severe. For example, it can cause recurrent pneumonia.
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“Today it sucks, tomorrow it sucks again. If the diarrhea lasts a long time, usually it’s diarrhea child normal a week. This is up to a month. The special on child is the weight does not increase so that it becomes undernourished, malnourished,” he said again.
Even though parents have provided enough food. The most prominent feature is the mouth child-Children are easy to mold. It is characterized by the oral cavity appearing whitish in color.
“The main thing is child there are repeated severe infections, think he has a compromised immune system. Don’t dodge. Do a test HIV on child. Do not let child come with severe symptoms, “said Dr. Endah again.
Because if child come with severe symptoms, then the treatment will be difficult. Therefore there must be suspicion on the parents.
What else if a child suffer from immune disorders with repeated and severe characteristics.
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