Pneumonia symptoms in children

summary

Pneumonia is a common disease in infants. Malnutrition, congenital heart disease, low birth weight and immune deficiency are more likely to occur. It is the first cause of death of hospitalized infants in China, which seriously threatens the health of infants. The human respiratory tract is divided into upper and lower respiratory tract by cricoid cartilage. Upper respiratory tract infection, commonly known as "cold", can be manifested as fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat. If the upper respiratory tract infection is not timely and effectively controlled, the infection can spread to the lower respiratory tract and turn into pneumonia. Let's talk about the symptoms of pneumonia in children

Pneumonia symptoms in children

1. bacterial pneumonia: bacterial pneumonia in children is characterized by a higher incidence rate of pneumonia streptococcus pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia. These two kinds of pneumonia have great damage to the lung, easy to progress into lung consolidation or even lung abscess, clinical manifestations of high fever, cough, etc., need to use antibiotics active anti infection treatment, long course of disease, long course of treatment.

2. Viral pneumonia: mostly seen in winter and spring, can break out or sporadic epidemic. The most serious is adenoviral pneumonia, which is characterized by rapid progress, severe symptoms, difficult treatment, and serious death. Viral pneumonia is associated with virulence, infection pathways, age and immune function of children. The incidence rate of children is higher than that of adults. The treatment of viral pneumonia includes antiviral therapy, supportive therapy and physical therapy, generally without the use of antibiotics.

3. Pneumonia caused by atypical pathogens: such as Mycoplasma, chlamydia, etc. Children show fever, cough, less phlegm. The white blood cells in the hemogram are not high, and the C-reactive protein can be significantly increased. It is necessary to detect Mycoplasma antibody repeatedly in different stages of the disease. The treatment of mycoplasma pneumonia requires macrolide antibiotics, such as azithromycin or erythromycin, and the course of treatment generally takes 4 weeks.

matters needing attention

In order to discover children's pneumonia in time, careful mothers should also pay attention to children's mental state. If the child is in a good mood, can play and loves to laugh while having a fever, coughing and wheezing, the possibility of suffering from pneumonia is very small. On the contrary, the child's poor mental state, blue lips, irritability, crying or sleeping, wind, a small number of children can appear delirium, which means that the child is more seriously ill, more likely to get pneumonia. In the early stage of pneumonia, the child may not have obvious mental changes, or may not be in a good mental state. Pneumonia will significantly reduce appetite, children with pneumonia, do not eat, or a milk on crying restless. 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.