Signs you need to take your child to the hospital right away

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The article was written by MSc Phung Quang Thuy - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Times City International Hospital

1. Cases in which children need to be taken to the emergency room

Call your child's doctor if your child has any of the following symptoms:
Your child is pale or has trouble breathing Constantly or increasingly grumpy Axillary temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) Eyes frequent discharge Difficulty breathing Skin becomes yellow or the measles rash gets worse The umbilical cord is healing red, watery, or foul-smelling Often less often breast-feeding or bottle-feeding for more than 8 hours Vomiting green plants or after two consecutive feeds Difficult to wake up Diapers not wet after more than 8 hours Change in bowel habits, constipation or diarrhea Coughs that don't go away, especially when measles is present

2. What information the family needs to give the doctor

What's wrong with the child's temperature The name and phone number of the pharmacy Prepare a paper and write up to record the doctor's instructions
Pediatrics department at Vinmec International General Hospital is the receiving address and examine the diseases that infants as well as young children are susceptible to: viral fever, bacterial fever, otitis media, pneumonia in children,... With modern equipment, sterile space, minimize the impact as well as the risk of disease transmission. Along with that is the dedication from the doctors with professional experience with pediatric patients, making the examination no longer a concern of the parents.

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