Patient's question:
Male, 3 years old, my child has a cold and coughs. It has been about a few days. In the morning, he coughed up green phlegm, in the afternoon he didn't cough, and at night he had a slight cough. He took traditional Chinese medicine and felt some relief. He wants to get better. Why is it that children's pneumonia is prone to recurring?Doctor's answer:
Pneumonia in children is a severe respiratory infection that occurs during the pediatric stage. The immune system of children is relatively weak, and in such severe infections, it may suffer significant damage. During the recovery process of the immune system, it may also be exposed to attacks from other pathogens, leading to recurrent episodes. Moreover, with the increasing severity of environmental factors and bacterial resistance, the treatment process may become more complicated, with repeated fluctuations or prolonged duration of the illness.