This year香蕉视频直播檚 strain of the flu is causing hallucinations among children, says a pediatrician in Vernon.

Dr. Kathryn MacKinlay wrote a post for Interior Health about her experiences both in the emergency department and with a sick kid of her own at home, to help parents through this particularly nasty cold and flu season.

Her daughter, Marissa, started experiencing hallucinations the morning after a feverish night.

MacKinlay recounted her experience.

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MacKinlay explained that she has seen many other kids hallucinating while sick with Influenza A in the emergency department over the last few weeks.

MacKinlay said she has seen children, who are positive for influenza, who hear loud sounds, perceive objects as too large or too far away, and feel scared that someone or something is trying to hurt them.

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Symptoms requiring a trip to the emergency department include:

• Respiratory distress (working hard to breathe or breathing much faster than normal);
• Unusually pale, whitish or blue lips;
• Asthma or wheezing not responding to prescribed medications;
• Fever in a child less than 3 months old;
• Fever in a child with immune or complex chronic health problems;
• Difficult to wake up;
• Fever lasting longer than 5 days in a child any age;
• 香蕉视频直播嶧ever with a rash that looks like either blisters or bruises that don香蕉视频直播檛 turn white or fade when you push on them.

While it香蕉视频直播檚 hard to see your child sick, almost all viruses can be managed at home with fluids, acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil), and rest, said MacKinlay.

She suggests to speak with a pharmacist who can help choose the right alternate product and dose for a child.

For more information about Influenza in children, visit .

Jacqueline.Gelineau@kelownacapnews.com
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