Patient's question:
I want to ask, if a child who is only two months old gets pneumonia, what are the characteristics?Doctor's answer:
Hello: Pneumonia is a common disease in children, most often seen in infants and young children. In China's death survey of children under the age of 5, pneumonia ranks first. Whether early detection, timely treatment, and meticulous care of children's pneumonia can reduce the mortality rate of children.?? Pneumonia often occurs on the basis of a cold, so in the early stages, there are usually symptoms of a cold such as fever, runny nose, cough, and sneezing. If it worsens further, it may lead to rapid breathing, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing. Newborns often have atypical symptoms, which may include choking while feeding, bluish lips, vomiting, refusal to feed, rapid breathing, and spitting up white foam. Dry and wet rales can be heard in the lungs. Chest X-rays may reveal patchy shadows in the lungs. According to the diagnostic requirements of the World Health Organization for this disease: as long as there is rapid breathing, infants