Wednesday, April 9, 2008

My child was infected with roseola infantum virus

last week, hantar amirul hadiff mcm biasa ke nurseri...& that was monday. Balik keje ambik die as usual terus gi makan. I noticed he was slightly warm. Hati rasa dah tak sedap. Balik malam tu temperature makin naik...& tengah malam tu memang betul2 panas..around 39-40oC..that was already high fever..ape lagi..tak tido le dok sponging die takut jadi febrile seizure..nauzubillah.

esok...pagi2 bawak ke clinic kat sri kembangan. leh tahan lagi, hati nak gi jumpa paeds je.. surprisingly, the dr gave me cephalexin antibiotic.. & its actually strong & broad spectrum antibiotic..haa...students seme, please baca artikel ni..tu sape yg dok posting paediatric tu beware naa...sat gi kene tanya soalan ni kang tatau jawab..

pelikkan?!! kenapa mesti bagi antibiotic...sedangkan die takde simptom lain selain demam. Not satisfied, than i tak kasi antibiotic tu... esoknya...masuk hari kedua demam...still tak turun2 temperature walaupon dah kasi rectal punya diclofenac sodium..paracetamol dah tak main dah..tak keje dah masuk hari kedua...last2 bawak gak la pi jumpa paeds... tapi bukan Dr. Arb.
ooo..anak sakit tekak la mama...dr kate..last2 die kasi amoxycillin ++ (augmentin). Takpela..dah paeds sendiri yang kasi...kasi la jugak makan dalam hati berkata2 jugak...betulla kut sore throat because of bacteria infection. masuk hari ke 3 demam & that was thursday...anak dah start diarea...lorr..nape la pulak ni...takkan food poisoning pulak..huhuh..this might be the side effect of augmentin...memang betul pon..severe jugak diarea dia & its watery. so nak wat cemane takpe...rehydrate je die as long as tak lebih dr 5 kali sehari...heran..demam tak turun2...the next day..

hari ke 4 tak keje...& that was friday....huhu..tem perature dah hilng...alhamdulillah...tapiii...naik pulak rashes kat abdomen...rase ni viral fever ni....sabtu, hari ni kene gak bawak gii jumpa dr Arb...dr senyum je...ni la die viral fever caused by roseola infantum...dapat kat mane dr tanya?...hmm..dr mane lagi kalo bukan nursery..& antibiotic is not necessary. kuang3....since die dah diarea lebih dr 5 kali sehari...drArb suh stop je..memang amirul hadiff u cannot take augmentin in the future..bagus jugak dah bole trace awal2 ape antibiotic yg die allergic.

roseola virus ni if infected, biasanya ade la sore throat awal2...& biase infect baby 6-24 months of age...Following by high fever for several days...& when the temperature subside, rashes pon keluar muka sampai kaki sebiji macam measles...students..ape beza campak ngan demam caused by roseola infantum ni?...

cari2...azam...jawab..


measles..temperature makin naik or tak turun mase rashes keluar...tapi yg ni demam dah hilang baru rashes keluar..& it lasts hours to several days...& tak de kesan pon kat kulit (takde parut).

harap2..pasni..mane2 mak bapak yg anak sakit tu janganla selfish...dont expose your child to others kat nursery tu..sian la kat baby lain!!!!

sebab mcm ni la yg menyebabkan nak cari maid...sian kat anak..tiap bulan tah berapa kali tak sihat!! geram!!!

1 comment:

dRGonDRonG said...

haha! dah dkt setahun baru i realize bout tis post..
sori pn wawa...i x perasan u leave a comment, many months after i posted my writing...so mmg, agak x perasan bout it lar as tis is wat blogger short of...'nuthin to alert us on any new comments'...ops!