A baby’s cough can be a precursor to pneumonia

Children with cough symptoms, if not treated in time, with the development of the cough will also aggravate the condition, and gradually cough sputum, fever, shortness of breath and gastrointestinal symptoms appear, so that the cough later developed into pneumonia. During the development of the following symptoms and signs: 1, cough and sputum: the child’s pharynx or bronchial tubes are invaded by inflammation, coupled with low immunity, there will be bacteria caused by upper respiratory tract infections, there can be irritating cough, coughing up sputum; 2, fever: frequent coughing in the child, low immunity, inflammation in the body has been the development of the symptoms, more fever, the heat type is not certain, can be low or high fever; 3, shortness of breath : the child manifested as accelerated respiratory rate, often after the fever and cough, when the condition is serious, there can also be suffocation, purple lips and other symptoms of respiratory distress; 4, gastrointestinal symptoms: infants and young children during the development of pneumonia, some of the children will vomit, diarrhea, abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal symptoms, vomiting often occurs after a strong cough; 5, other symptoms: the child can also be manifested as feeding difficulties, Other symptoms: children may also show difficulty in eating, frequent crying, mental instability, irritability, pallor and other symptoms. It should be noted that, in the case of cough in children, do not give children indiscriminate use of adult cough medicine, otherwise it is likely to bring serious side effects, such as respiratory depression, if the above discomfort, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, so as not to delay the condition.