Is dry cough a symptom of pneumonia

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With the advent of spring, the temperature difference between morning and night is large, and the phenomenon of baby cough is more and more. Many parents will immediately let the baby take cough medicine, cold medicine and various folk prescriptions, afraid that the baby will delay the illness and get pneumonia. In fact, cough is only an emergency response. Only by understanding the cause of baby cough can we get effective treatment. Is dry cough a symptom of pneumonia? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Is dry cough a symptom of pneumonia

We all know that the normal body temperature is maintained at 36.5 degrees. Generally, people have a low fever when their body temperature is about 37.5 degrees, and a high fever when their body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees. And your temperature lasts for more than 3 days, is 39 degrees, has not subsided, and cough symptoms are more and more serious, take cold medicine can not reduce fever and cough, we should consider is pneumonia, not a cold.

People usually cough, or there is no sputum, just itchy throat, has been a dry cough. It is because there is phlegm in the throat that you have to cough, but the sputum is usually colorless or yellow. Once there is blood in the sputum, and the frequency of occurrence is relatively frequent, it should be considered that it is caused by pneumonia.

Winter is the worst time for people's immunity, especially because of the cold weather, warm work is not timely, leading to cold and fever. But when you catch a cold, the color of your fingernails will turn purple. You feel that you have difficulty breathing, can't breathe, and your heart beats very fast. And once you don't have a cold for half a month, you have to consider pneumonia.

matters needing attention

For the prevention of pneumonia, in addition to usually eat some food to moisten the lung and remove dryness, we also need to pat the back more when the lung is uncomfortable, which is conducive to the smooth spitting out of the sputum of patients and reduce the pain of pneumonia to the body. Especially when people have a cold, eat more light and easy to digest food to avoid stomach stimulation and acid reflux.