Infant hepatitis at home, how to care for

infant hepatitis at home, how to care for

infant hepatitis syndrome in the neonatal period, infancy hepatocellular jaundice, hepatomegaly, elevated liver texture abnormalities and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) a group of diseases as the main clinical manifestations of many, its etiology, treatmENT and prognosis is also inconsistent.Now known to cause infantile hepatitis syndrome causes include: the virus, Toxoplasma gondii, and spirochete infections, congenital intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct development abnormalities, genetic metabolic diseases; In addition to the various types of hepatitis viruses, there are many viruses The infection can be manifested as infantile hepatitis syndrome, such as: rubella virus, Coxsackie virus, herpes simplex virus and human cytomegalovirus virus (HCMV), HCMV is the most important in recent years, pathogens.Virus infection is the most basic cause of the jaundice persistent or retreat complex is now the most basic clinical features.Baby with infant hepatitis syndrome in addition to hospitalization, home care is a very important part, so Mom and Dad at home how to take care of the baby do?

 1, to prevENT infection: infant hepatitis syndrome with low resistance, the room is the timing window ventilation, keep indoor air fresh, do not go to high traffic areas, such as shopping malls, cinemas and so on.Family members wash their hands before touching the Baby.

2, diet care: Nutrition support is conducive to the recovery of liver function, so right feeding is very important, breastfeeding child unless the mother milk of CMV-positive are required to suspend breast-feeding, the rest were to continue breastfeeding, and the Family is necessary to correctly add complemENTary feeding, artificial feeding feeding of milk-based food supplement and reasonable, in principle, on the grounds in ascending order, from thin to thick, from simple to complex, from single species to a variety of step by step; the families of each deployment Wash hands before eating, tableware disinfection, washing hands before meals and after.

3, Skin Care: Keep the skin clean, serum bilirubin will stimulate the body to produce itching may be associated with steatorrhea, and keep the skin clean can effectively reduce the itching, is conducive to rest.Weekly repair nail, wearing protection gloves, to prevENT scratching the skin, increase the infection to the Baby.Perform a protective isolation.Baby utensils dedicated wash the baby on a daily basis with 1 bath.After the warm water perianal stool and dry, coated with tannic acid ointment to prevent red buttocks.For the baby to wear loose, soft cotton underwear.

4, the condition observation: usually observe in children the spirit, pale, loss of appetite, stool color and yellowish discoloration of the skin changes, if any exception to timely treatmENT.Note the children to rest and Nutrition and prevent colds.After the Baby was discharged with outpatient follow-up, regular liver function.