A breakout in chickenpox is threatening HCM City and Hanoi.
The number of infected children entering HCM City’s Children’s Hospital1 so far this month had increased by 42 percent over the same periodlast month, the hospital’s Dr Nguyen Thi Bich Lien said.
Many of the children were hospitalised after Tet, she said, some ofwhom had lung and skin side-effects due to a delay in receivingtreatment.
In Hanoi, there were five serious cases of chickenpox in February, thecapital’s Central Paediatrics Hospital’s infection department head PhamNhat An said.
“We cannot determine the real number of infected children because withlight cases children get treatment at home. Parents only send theirchildren to hospital when the situation is really bad,” An said.
Chickenpox often increases from February to June, with a peak in March, he said.
Children’s Hospital 1 infection-nerve department head Truong Huu Khanhsaid the first symptom of chickenpox was light fever, with a red rashappearing on face after several days.
Vaccination was the only effective way to prevent the disease, he said.Children over one year old could be vaccinated. Children over 13 yearsold received a second injection after six weeks./.
The number of infected children entering HCM City’s Children’s Hospital1 so far this month had increased by 42 percent over the same periodlast month, the hospital’s Dr Nguyen Thi Bich Lien said.
Many of the children were hospitalised after Tet, she said, some ofwhom had lung and skin side-effects due to a delay in receivingtreatment.
In Hanoi, there were five serious cases of chickenpox in February, thecapital’s Central Paediatrics Hospital’s infection department head PhamNhat An said.
“We cannot determine the real number of infected children because withlight cases children get treatment at home. Parents only send theirchildren to hospital when the situation is really bad,” An said.
Chickenpox often increases from February to June, with a peak in March, he said.
Children’s Hospital 1 infection-nerve department head Truong Huu Khanhsaid the first symptom of chickenpox was light fever, with a red rashappearing on face after several days.
Vaccination was the only effective way to prevent the disease, he said.Children over one year old could be vaccinated. Children over 13 yearsold received a second injection after six weeks./.
