Patient's question:
My son has been hospitalized for pneumonia as a child. My husband left the hospital early to save money on seeing the child. Now he has appeared with coughing and fever, and I'm worried it might be a recurrence of childhood pneumonia. Will this disease recur?Doctor's answer:
Child pneumonia If your child has symptoms again that may be suspected of child pneumonia, seek medical attention promptly. Pneumonia itself is not like asthma, which is a recurring disease. Most cases of pneumonia do not recur. However, children who suffer from recurrent pneumonia usually have certain special conditions, most of which are underlying diseases: the most common are congenital respiratory abnormalities, followed by congenital heart disease, asthma, immune deficiency, and finally poor nutrition and low resistance. Improper medication and incomplete treatment are also reasons that lead to child pneumonia not being cured. Therefore, when a child has recurrent pneumonia, it must be given high attention.