Early symptoms of pneumonia in babies

Baby pneumonia is the most common respiratory disease and is not restricted by seasons. If the baby is relatively young, winter and spring are the seasons when they are most likely to be infected with pneumonia. Sometimes the baby has a cold, but the parents do not pay enough attention to it, and the disease is delayed, it will be infected with pneumonia. If it is not treated thoroughly, it is easy for pneumonia to recur, and severe cases will cause other complications, which will have a certain impact on the child's growth and development, so parents must pay enough attention to it.

So what symptoms will a baby have after getting pneumonia? Generally, they include cough, fever or high fever, and difficulty and rapid breathing. The following is a detailed introduction to the early symptoms of baby pneumonia. I hope that parents can pay attention to every minor cold of their baby to avoid infection into pneumonia.

1. Check your breathing

When a child has pneumonia, if the condition is more serious, he or she may experience coughing, wheezing, and even difficulty breathing. Difficulty breathing may manifest as shortness of breath and purple lips. In this case, the condition is already very serious. Don't delay any longer and go to a small clinic. It's best to take your child to a regular hospital. If a cold causes pneumonia, there will be no difficulty breathing, but coughing will still occur.

2. The Spirit of Hope

When a baby has a cold, although he is not as energetic as usual, he can still go out to play, run and jump. However, when a child gets pneumonia, his mental state will obviously deteriorate and he will become irritable, cry a lot, be restless, or be in a drowsy state, and occasionally have convulsions. At this time, the child has symptoms of pneumonia.

3. Take body temperature three times

When a child has a cold, he or she may not have a fever. However, if he or she has pneumonia, he or she will most likely have a fever. If the temperature is above 38°C and persists for several days, and if the fever does not go down after taking antipyretics, then it means that the child has pneumonia. Parents should not let their children have a fever any longer, otherwise an undesirable tragedy will occur. They should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

4. Four-view diet

If the baby just has a cold, then the child can still eat normally. Although he will eat less, he will still be in a normal eating state. However, if a child has pneumonia, his or her diet will obviously be much less than usual, and he or she may even not eat anything. He or she will also cry, be unable to calm down, and may have breath holding phenomena.

5. Five Senses Sleep

If the baby just has a cold, his sleep will not be affected and he will sleep quietly after taking medicine. However, if a child has pneumonia, even if he has taken medicine, he will still wake up easily at night. After waking up, he will cry non-stop. At night, his breathing may become more difficult. At this time, as a parent, you should pay attention to your child's changes at night.

6. Listen to the chest

If you are not sure about the above situation, it is best recommended that you use a stethoscope to listen to the child's chest. At this time, if the child has pneumonia, you will hear bubbling sounds in the child's chest, similar to gurgling sounds. If it is serious, you can hear it without a stethoscope. If this is the sound you hear in the chest, it is an important feature of lung inflammation. Children will not make this kind of sound when they have a cold.

If your baby has pneumonia, you need to take good care of him in all aspects of life. Try to keep the air in the room fresh and let the baby get more rest. Also, give the baby more nutritious food and try to make it softer so that the baby can absorb and digest it easily. I hope the baby can recover soon.