Symptoms of EBV infection in children vary and need to be differentiated. Most infections are asymptomatic, but can also cause mild pharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infections and infectious mononucleosis. The symptoms of EBV infection also vary among children of different ages.
EBV belongs to subfamily Y of the Herpesviridae family, and mainly infects human B cells.EBV infection can involve multiple systems throughout the body, and the clinical symptoms vary in severity and manifestation.
Primary EBV infections are mostly asymptomatic latent infections, while acute symptomatic EBV infections are characterized by fever, pharyngitis, enlarged liver, spleen and lymph nodes, and elevated heterogeneous lymphocytes.
In infancy and early childhood, the main accompanying clinical diseases are post-liver transplantation and bronchopneumonia; in preschool children, it is mainly nephrotic syndrome and purulent tonsillitis; in school age, it is mainly nephrotic syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.
If the child is not feeling well, he should go to the hospital immediately for examination and treatment under the guidance of the doctor, and should not use drugs without authorization, so as to avoid adverse consequences.