Do you know what a sepsis is? Have you thought that a wound, even if it does not appear infected and we have healed it, can end up in a blood infection?
Well that is the reality, although few parents are aware of the importance of being alert to the scratches that our children do in childhood. We run to clean and disinfect them and if they have no appearance of infection, we forget them (I'm guilty).
That is why it is important that mothers like Alexandra Ruddy, from Jersey (United States), remind us the importance of monitoring children's wounds. Days after a fall of his son, he discovered a red spot on his arm that seemed to run through his veins and took him to the emergency room. The doctor told him that he had saved his son's life, because had sepsis in the blood.
Recognizing infection saves lives
"I have been thinking about publishing it, but my husband convinced me to do it, because if the stain had not been there, I would not have noticed. I am sure that other parents would not discover it either, and the only reason I did it it was because it had happened to a friend's son two years ago, and he shared it. "
These are the words with which Alexandra begins her post on Facebook, accompanying the photo of her eight-year-old son's arm, where the infection is clearly seen.
He explains that a week before his little son had fallen in the zoo and had a good scratch, "But once we got home, I cleaned it up. I called the school the next day to make sure I washed my hands and struggled to keep the wound clean (hand and elbow).".
The mother recognizes that the wounds had grown larger but did not seem infected, so he didn't worry until "Yesterday, on the way to the beach, he showed me his hand. I noticed that a red spot was following his vein. Then I checked his elbow, anyway.".
Ensures that He took the little one to the emergency room, feeling a little stupid in case his query was silly. But when the doctor saw what was happening "He praised me for recognizing him and going as soon as possible."
And he ends up warning that the stain of his son shown in the photo is blood poisoning / sepsis, and is not something that can be left until Monday, to take him to the usual pediatrician's visit.
Therefore, expect your publication "I can help someone, in the same way that my friend's post helped me" to recognize the sign that there was infection.
Antibiotics work
Luckily, as Alexandra explains, "antibiotics are working", although alert other parents.
"If you see a red line coming out of a wound, along the vein, immediately go to the doctor."And is that sepsis is a serious medical condition It manifests itself when a person's immune system acts disproportionately or with less intensity than necessary in the face of an infection endangering his life.
Also known as Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SRIS), it generates an inflammatory response that, in the most severe cases, causes an acute failure of other organs that were not necessarily related to the original infection, such as the heart or lungs, which leave to function effectively and regularly.
They can be caused by any type of germ such as bacteria, viruses and fungi.
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The Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP) recommends visiting a child when:
Bleeding cannot be stopped after five minutes of pressing or if the wound begins to bleed again.
It cannot be completely cleaned of dust and dirt, or if there is an object inside the wound.
It was caused by an animal, a burn, an electrical accident, a nail ...
It is larger than one centimeter or if it seems deep, because nerve or tendon damage can be caused.
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It is red, swollen, hot to the touch or with pus inside (to assess possible infection).
It has been produced with a dirty object (nail, wire ...) that may require a tetanus shot.
There has been separation of part of the body (eg the phalanx of a finger). In this case you have to call the emergency department immediately.
Photos | Facebook Alexandra Ruddy
