On February 13, according to Jiupai News, Li Jing, chief physician of pediatrics at the Yangluo Campus of the Third People's Hospital of Hubei Province, shared a case in which a grandmother chewed peanuts and fed a 2-year-old child to suffer from "kissing disease".
On February 14, Zhao Lei, chief physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases in Wuhan, told the People's Health Client reporter that "kiss disease" is caused by Epstein-Barr virus from a medical point of view, which is a relatively common herpes virus, which is infected in infants, adolescents, adults and the elderly, and the main symptoms are similar to colds.
Cai Fucheng, deputy chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics of Wuhan Jinyinhu Hospital, told reporters: "Epstein-Barr virus infection can be manifested as different diseases, the most typical of which is infectious mononucleosis, which mostly occurs in children who are infected for the first time, and the typical manifestations are repeated and persistent fever, sore throat, lymph nodes and hepatosplenomegaly, and a significant increase in peripheral blood dysmorphic lymphocytes. ”
If the Epstein-Barr virus infection is severe, it can affect many health systems in the body. Chen Zijia, chief physician of pediatrics at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine East Hospital, said in an interview with a reporter from the People's ** Health Client, "For example, in the blood system, patients will have autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and even affect the nervous system, resulting in aseptic meningitis." Some patients will have an enlarged liver and liver function is impaired. ”
In general, most adolescents have a good recovery effect after getting the disease, and there are no common sequelae. Epstein-Barr virus is a serious symptom for immunocompromised, underlying medical conditions, or post-transplant patients, so special attention should be paid to it. Zhao Lei emphasized that it has no specific antiviral drugs, and it is mainly symptomatic. For people with normal immune function, generally speaking, one cycle can basically be completely **.
During the Spring Festival, visiting relatives and friends, crowds gathering, and some hygienic eating habits should be avoided as much as possible. Zhao Lei reminded that special attention should be paid to eating habits, avoid sharing utensils with children, and use separate meals. Similar eating habits, such as chewing and feeding, can not only cause "kissing disease" through saliva, but also cause other harms.
Pediatric experts remind that it is necessary to put an end to the habit of chewing and feeding, so that children can develop the habit of eating independently. The main reason is that there are various pathogens in the oral cavity of healthy people, and they will not infect themselves when they are in a normal immune state, but infants and young children have low immunity and will be at risk of being infected.