Understanding the Differences Between Peripheral and Central Facial Paralysis

An 11-month-old baby is experiencing fever, runny nose (not clear or thick mucus, but slightly sticky clear mucus), sneezing, slightly red and swollen throat, and poor appetite. How to distinguish between wind-cold and wind-heat colds, and provide suggestions for traditional Chinese medicine and dietary therapy.

Long-term smokers may experience symptoms such as severe coughing, difficulty breathing, and a whistling sound in the throat at night, along with a sensation of not getting enough air and feeling short of breath. Elders at home say this could be asthma, and it’s advisable to seek medical examination and learn the correct asthma prevention and treatment methods.

Dirty urination in a 2-year-old baby may be a symptom of urethritis. Pay attention to external genital hygiene and avoid spicy and irritating foods.

A child at Wuhan Children’s Hospital experienced recurring vomiting, which lasted for 1 to 5 days before spontaneously healing. No issues were found during examination, and it was suggested to consult a specialized hospital for further checks.

How to differentiate between wind-cold and wind-heat coughs in children and provide appropriate traditional Chinese medicine treatment.

How can you tell if your child has chickenpox rather than hand, foot, and mouth disease?

Understand the differences between fevers caused by food retention and colds, as well as how to treat and prevent them.

Facial paralysis is an inflammatory disease of the facial nerve, usually not causing systemic numbness and paralysis. Stroke, on the other hand, is a cerebrovascular disease often accompanied by systemic symptoms. Although both can cause facial symptoms, their etiology, age distribution, and treatment methods are quite different.

The difference between hand, foot, and mouth disease and chickenpox lies in the distribution, size, color, and itching of the rash. The rash of hand, foot, and mouth disease is mainly distributed on the hands, feet, and mouth, smaller in size and not itchy; chickenpox blisters are systemic, larger in size with thin skin, and itchy.