LYMPHADENOPATHY AS A MARKER AT THE STAGES OF EARLY AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CHILDREN
The article presents the results of a study on the assessment of lymphadenopathy, this is both the reaction of the immune system to antigenic aggression and the inflammatory reaction due to the ingestion of an infectious agent. When Epstein-Barr viral infection in 70,9% of schoolchildren, lymphadenopathy was manifested by the presence of mainly large lymph nodes (diameter 2,70±0,06 cm); in case of recurrent respiratory diseases in 50,8% of school-age children and in 43,1% of pre-school, small and medium-sized (0,40±0,01 cm in diameter); with adenoviral infection in 55,2% of preschool children - small (with a diameter of 0,50±0,03 cm), in 38,1% of school age - medium (with a diameter of 0,6±0,1 cm). Features of lymphadenopathy in Epstein-Barr, recurrent respiratory diseases, adenovirus infection in children can be used as a marker at the stages of early and differential diagnosis of the diseases in children