Pediatric pneumonia is a common disease that can occur in all seasons, but most often occurs during sudden climate changes and colds, such as winter or winter-spring. Pediatric pneumonia is mainly caused by infection with pathogenic microorganisms and can develop clinically from coughs and colds, manifesting as high fever, cough, wheezing, etc. It can also have systemic symptoms such as loss of appetite and irritability. Air pollution, crowded rooms, poor ventilation in the house are external environmental triggers of pediatric pneumonia, while various respiratory infections, pediatric diarrhea, malnutrition, anemia, rickets, etc. can become intrinsic factors of pediatric pneumonia. Pneumonia, if not treated thoroughly, is prone to recurrent attacks and affects the child’s development. Each year, 2-3 million children even die from pneumonia. Therefore, it is important for every parent to recognize pneumonia, seek prompt medical attention, and actively prevent pneumonia. How to recognize pneumonia? Most pediatric pneumonia develops from a “cold”. When a child has a cold, parents should be alert to whether it is developing into pneumonia, but there is no need to overreact or be paranoid. 1, temperature: pneumonia fever is above 38 ℃ and persists for more than 2-3 days without receding, that is, the use of antipyretic drugs can only temporarily recede for a while. Cold with a low fever of less than 38 ℃ for a short period of time, the use of antipyretic drugs is effective. 2, whether breathing difficulties: pneumonia caused by coughing or wheezing degree of heaviness, often causing breathing difficulties, manifested as breath-holding, both sides of the nose open and close, the lips of the mouth purple, at this time do not delay, and actively seek medical attention. 3, mental state: when the common cold, the general mental state is good. In the case of pneumonia, the mental state is not good, often irritable, crying and restless, or lethargic, twitching, etc. 4, diet: cold general diet is normal or slightly less. However, in pneumonia, appetite and quantity of food are significantly reduced. 5. Sleep: In pneumonia, the child sleeps more and wakes up easily and cries; there is a tendency to worsen breathing difficulties at night. Over the above methods, if most of these situations occur, that is, you should suspect that your baby has pneumonia and should go to the hospital early. How can I prevent pneumonia? The key to preventing pneumonia is to prevent colds, and once you have a cold, you should take steps to avoid deterioration. During the cold and flu season when the climate changes suddenly, take your child to public places as little as possible. 2, if you have a cold, you should pay attention to keep warm, breathe fresh air, indoor smoking should be prohibited, in the cold season, especially to maintain the appropriate room temperature, but should pay attention to ventilation. 3.After catching a cold, diet should be easy to digest and small amount of meals to enhance nutrition and physical strength. 4.If one or more of the following conditions occur, you should seek a doctor promptly: breathing is faster than usual, more than 60 times per minute (for babies less than 2 months old), or 50 times (for children 2-12 months old), or 40 times (for children 1-4 years old); breathing sound is coarse; there are interruptions in breathing; the chest is sunken when inhaling; the nose is flapping; a humming sound is made; you cannot drink any liquid and choke when you drink; the skin is blue Purple color. 5, the common cold can be taken orally symptomatic Chinese medicine, if diagnosed by the doctor as pneumonia, parents should cooperate with the doctor’s prescription to feed the child medicine.