Infants have low resistance to disease and poor adaptability to the environment, which is more serious after pneumonia, so prevention must be done carefully. Infants should have as little contact with the outside world as possible to avoid cross-infection, and family members with colds or other respiratory infectious diseases should be isolated from the infant as much as possible. Feeding should be done carefully to avoid choking, spillage and vomiting, and to prevent milk, food and vomit from being accidentally inhaled into the lungs. According to the child’s age and body development, give necessary and sufficient nutrition and add supplementary foods such as vegetables, soy products, meat and eggs in a timely and reasonable manner. To actively prevent and treat rickets, which is closely related to the occurrence and extent of pneumonia and the effectiveness of treatment. To go outdoors more often, exercise, practice adaptability to cold climate, more sunshine, keep indoor air fresh, prevent the occurrence of colds and flu. It is important to do a variety of vaccinations to enhance the immune effect of the respiratory system against pathogens. When you have pneumonia, timely treatment is vital. I. How do I know that my child has pneumonia? Infants and children with pneumonia often have the following manifestations -: fever, different ages, different pathogens caused by pneumonia more fever, but the degree can range from about 38 ℃ low fever to 39 ℃ or even 40 ℃ high fever; cough, more frequent, early often irritating dry cough, later the degree can be slightly reduced; into the recovery period is often accompanied by sputum; shortness of breath, more appear after the fever, cough It is often accompanied by shortness of breath, mostly after fever and cough. The child often has general symptoms such as lack of energy, loss of appetite, irritability, mild diarrhea or vomiting; respiratory distress, the child often appears purple symptoms around the mouth, nasolabial furrow, and breathing accelerates, up to 60-80 times per minute, there may be breath-holding, both sides of the nose a a. To prevent and treat pneumonia, parents should pay special attention to observe their child’s breathing: one is to count the number of breaths, and the other is to see the degree of depression of the chest. Observation of the child’s breathing should be done when the child is quiet. The number of breaths of a healthy child varies according to age. For example, the number of breaths per minute should be less than 60 for a 2-month-old baby, less than 50 for a 2-12 month-old baby, and less than 40 for a 1-4 year-old baby. As for chest depression, it refers to the degree to which the child’s lower chest wall sinks in when inhaling. If the child has a cough with increased respiration, it is mild pneumonia; if the increased respiration is accompanied by chest depression, it is severe pneumonia; if it is accompanied by inability to drink and cyanosis on top of the above, it is very severe pneumonia. What should I do if I have pneumonia? 1. Prevent cross-infection of the child in the ward. For example, don’t let children stay and play in the corridor of the ward for a long time; don’t let sick children have too much close contact or talk to each other in close proximity, etc. 2.Open windows regularly to ensure indoor air circulation. Room temperature should be 18-20℃ (newborns can be raised to 20-24℃), and maintain proper humidity (about 60%) to prevent respiratory secretions from drying out and not easily coughing up. 3, to ensure that the child fully rest. The room of the sick child should be quiet and visitation should be reduced as much as possible. The mother should not only be loving but also attentive, and it is better to concentrate the operations such as temperature taking, diaper changing and medicine feeding to be done at once so as not to affect the child’s rest because the child’s crying and activities will aggravate the symptoms of hypoxia, increase the burden on the heart and lungs and hinder recovery. 4. Strengthen skin care. Children sweat a lot with fever, change clothes in time and dry the sweat with a hot towel; at the same time, often let the child change position to reduce pulmonary stasis and promote inflammation absorption. You can also gently pat the child’s back to facilitate the smooth discharge of phlegm. 5.Supply sufficient water. Diet requires easy to digest, more water, high calories and high vitamins. Children with high fever should be given a liquid diet, such as milk, rice soup, soy milk, egg flower soup, fish soup, beef soup, vegetable soup, fruit juice, etc.; after the fever subsides, a semi-liquid diet can be added, such as boiled noodles, rice porridge, tofu flower, egg custard, etc.