Symptoms and treatment of pneumonia in children?

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If you have been to a hospital, you will be surprised to find that more than half of the children hospitalized are pneumonia. Pneumonia is also the biggest killer of children's death. As young parents, how should we judge whether the baby has pneumonia. Symptoms and treatment of pneumonia in children? Let me tell you something.

Symptoms and treatment of pneumonia in children?

Cough: pneumonia 99% cough, but not cough is pneumonia, such as pharyngitis, bronchitis can also cause cough. 2. Expectoration: early pneumonia without expectoration, mostly dry cough, to the mid-term and recovery period will appear expectoration. Some infants can hear phlegm in the throat, cough is not obvious, more common in fat infants. 3. Wheezing: it is related to the difference of individual constitution and the pathogen of infection, not all pneumonia have wheezing. 4. Fever: pneumonia in children, especially pneumonia under 2 years old, has less fever. Pneumonia fever is more common in older children. I have answered the early symptoms of pneumonia in children as above. I don't know if it's what you want.

Central type pneumonia can produce obstructive pneumonia when the bronchial growth develops to semi or total obstruction. Fever is generally around 38 ℃, and it is easy to reduce fever after anti-inflammatory treatment. But if the obstruction is not removed, the pneumonia will reappear soon, forming recurrent pneumonia. Asymptomatic about 1 / 3 of the patients with pneumonia have no obvious early symptoms. Only by regular examination can the disease be detected as soon as possible. Cough is an early symptom of lung cancer. It is characterized by paroxysmal irritation and cough. It is characterized by a cough and unclean feeling. Generally there is no sputum or only a small amount of white foam sputum, and secondary infection can produce phlegm. What we should pay attention to in life: avoid spicy and greasy food: pneumonia is an acute fever, which consumes healthy qi of human body, affects the function of viscera and easily leads to the decrease of digestive function. Food should be highly nutritious, light and easy to digest. Fruit to the right amount, but also to choose varieties: pneumonia patients with the right amount of drinking water and eating fruit is beneficial to the rehabilitation of the disease. If you eat too much cold fruit, it can damage the Yang Qi of the spleen and stomach, hinder the transport function, and is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.

Because the chest wall of a child is thin, sometimes blisters can be heard without a stethoscope, so careful parents can listen to the child's chest when he is quiet or asleep. When listening to a child's chest, the room temperature should be above 18 ℃. Take off the child's coat, gently stick the ears to the chest wall on both sides of the child's spine, and listen carefully. Children with pneumonia can hear the sound of "Gulu Er" and "Gulu Er" when they inhale. Doctors call it small blister sound, which is an important sign of lung inflammation.

matters needing attention

If the child has been diagnosed with pneumonia, should continue feeding, feeding, drink more soup food, if the child appetite loss, should be a small number of meals, breast-feeding infants should increase the number of times a day to enhance nutrition and physical strength.