Pneumonia in kids keeps parents on their toes. Knowing the signs and symptoms of pneumonia in kids will help parents to be more alert and detect the problem in time to keep their babies away from more serious lung inflammation. Pneumonia in children has the following manifestations: The most obvious symptom of pneumonia in children is coughing. From the early stage, children will cough a lot. At the beginning it is a dry cough, in the middle and late stages there will be a lot of sputum, a high frequency of pneumonia cough, and there may be choking and vomiting problems. After a while the sputum becomes thicker, yellow or yellow-green sputum appears, and even rust-colored sputum is present. Chills and fever are also common symptoms of pneumonia in children. In pneumonia, the child’s temperature is high and lasts for a long time, with some children having a fever for a week or more. The temperature is mostly around 39 degrees Celsius, and some children even have chills and then a high fever. Fever-reducing medicines are ineffective, and the child may feel muscle aches and pains all over the body, have a headache, and lose his appetite. When pneumonia is serious, it not only manifests itself in coughing, but some children have shallow breathing, increased speed, nasal fluttering, blue lips, chest pain and other problems. As you can see, the most important symptom of pediatric pneumonia is cough, mostly accompanied by fever, there may also be chills, and in severe cases, respiratory distress and other symptoms, parents should be vigilant.