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eWellness: Flu in children

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Dr KK Aggarwal    10 September 2017

  • The classical features of uncomplicated flu in children include abrupt onset of fever, headache, muscle pain and malaise affected by manifestations of respiratory tract illness – sore throat, cough and nasal discharge.
  • All the above features may not be present in children.
  • Flu sometimes may last for more than a week in children.
  • Ear discharge, development into asthma and pneumonia are common complications in children.
  • Complicated pneumonia may be severe and rapidly fatal, especially if the bacterium is Staph.
  • During winter, a diagnosis of flu should be considered in all children with fever; children with fever and acute onset of respiratory illness; children with fever and exhilaration of underlying chest condition; children with pneumonia and children with fever of more than 100, with severe cough or sore throat.
  • Fever is present in over 95% of cases, often more than 39°C.
  • Cough is present in over 77% patients.
  • Nasal discharge is present in more than 78% patients.
  • Headache is present in more than 26% patients.
  • Muscle pain is present in more than 71 % patients.
  • Incubation period is 1–4 days with high transmissibility.
  • The treatment is often symptomatic.
  • Cough hygiene should be practiced.

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