What are the symptoms and treatment of pediatric pneumonia

The main symptoms of pediatric pneumonia are fever, cough, sputum, and shortness of breath, etc. Conventional, symptomatic, and pathogenic treatments are needed in the treatment. The symptoms of pediatric pneumonia are described as follows: 1. Fever: the body temperature is mostly between 38-39 ℃, and in severe cases, it can reach more than 40 ℃. 2. Cough, cough sputum: the child may have obvious cough, phlegm in the throat or cough sputum, some children may be combined with wheezing episodes. 3. Shortness of breath: some children may have shortness of breath, which is characterized by increased respiratory rate in the early stage, followed by dyspnea and a positive triple concave sign. 4. Others: abdominal pain, vomiting, loss of appetite, irritability, drowsiness and other manifestations. The treatment mainly includes the following points: 1. Conventional treatment: such as keeping the temperature and humidity of the room suitable, reasonable diet, bed rest, and so on. 2. Symptomatic treatment: when fever, need to actively carry out physical cooling, can be used under the guidance of the doctor ibuprofen or acetaminophen and other drugs to reduce fever; cough, phlegm and other symptoms can be given to stop cough and phlegm medication; such as the child appeared to respiratory effort, you can give appropriate oxygen therapy. 3. Pathogenic treatment: if considered as a result of bacterial infection, need to give penicillin or cephalosporin antibiotic treatment; if the mycoplasma infection need to choose azithromycin treatment; if the viral infection general supportive treatment. Pediatric pneumonia can progress quickly, especially in infants and young children, so when a child has pneumonia, he or she needs to go to the hospital in a timely manner to have the doctor evaluate the condition and adjust the treatment plan. All of the above medications should be used under a doctor’s supervision.