Young children are often the focus of diseases, usually not serious ones. This is because attendance at schools, camps and extracurricular activities for young children creates very fast-spreading groups. However, there are some diseases that are more common among children under ten years of age and if you have children, nephews, grandchildren or any child who meets this characteristic nearby, you may be interested. Even more so if you suffer from a pathology that may be affected by some virus or disease
Respiratory diseases
Some of the most common respiratory diseases that children can catch are respiratory diseases. The common cold is one of the most widespread. It is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract that causes cough, nasal congestion and, in some cases, mild fever.Bronchiolitis is another common disease, mainly in babies and very young children. The person who contracts it has difficulty breathing due to inflammation of the bronchi
Inflammation of the throat, known as pharyngitis, is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection and is very common in children. Asthma, on the other hand, is also very common in children. This is a chronic disease of the airways that causes inflammation and narrowing of the bronchi, making breathing very difficult
Gastrointestinal diseases
Gastrointestinal diseases are also very present among children. Gastroenteritis is one of them and occurs when the stomach and intestines become inflamed. This inflammation causes vomiting, diarrhea and fever, and is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection
Gastroesophageal reflux is also common, when the contents of the stomach return to the esophagus and cause discomfort and difficulty swallowing
Exanthematous diseases
Exanthematous diseases are those that belong to a group of systemic infections, with different degrees of contagiousness, whose main characteristic is the presence of a symmetrical skin rash (exanthema) and which occur more frequently during childhood, according to IMSS specialists.
This group of diseases includes chickenpox, rubella, mumps and measles. These diseases are especially common in childhood, when they are also more easily transmitted. They are all viral diseases that, in addition to causing skin or glandular eruptions, cause discomfort, fever, cough and pain, as well as general malaise