A doctor shared recently that he encountered a 4-year-old child who had a high fever for 5 consecutive days and was found to have hMPV (human interstitial pneumonia virus) after examination. The doctor reminded that the number of patients with fever and pneumonia should increase significantly , appealing to the public.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] With the relaxation of epidemic prevention measures, the number of people with colds and fevers may also increase. A doctor recently shared that he encountered a 4-year-old child who had a high fever for 5 consecutive days and was found to have hMPV (human human Pneumonia virus), the doctor said that "it can be expected that the number of patients with fever and pneumonia in outpatient clinics should increase significantly in the near future", calling on the public to pay attention.

Lin Zhiwei, a physician at the Luzhou Ailin Clinic, shared on Facebook that he encountered a 4-year-old child who repeatedly had a fever of 39 degrees and had symptoms such as cough, phlegm, runny nose, and mild sore throat, and the child continued to have a fever for 5 sky.

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Lin Zhiwei pointed out that usually on the first day of a child's high fever, parents will be very nervous.

On the third day of the child's high fever, as a pediatrician, he will also start to feel a little anxious.

And if the child's fever reaches the fifth day, he will usually ask his parents to go to the hospital for an examination anyway.

Later, after inspection, it was also found that the X-ray film of the child showed pneumonia, and the microbial evidence was hMPV (human metapneumovirus).

Lin Zhiwei said that although hMPV has no specific antiviral drugs that can be treated and it is not easy to cause severe illness, it is easy to cause children to have high fever for several days, and there are cases where the fever does not subside until the seventh day, and the characteristics of causing pneumonia should not be ignored. Pneumonia may cause long-term adverse effects on children's lungs, so the younger the child, the more attention should be paid.

For this reason, he also called on people who have asthma (Asthma), respiratory allergies and other constitutions to pay more attention. He also expected that there should be a substantial increase in the number of patients with fever and pneumonia in outpatient clinics in the near future.