How long does it take to cure pediatric lobar pneumonia

Most pediatric lobar pneumonia can be cured in about 2 weeks. However, some drug-resistant streptococcus bacteria often need to be appropriately prolonged course of treatment. After the child suffers from lobaric pneumonia, you need to go to the hospital pediatrics in a timely manner, under the guidance of a professional physician to give sensitive antibiotics for treatment, if the treatment is timely, the child’s immunity is relatively good, the infected bacteria do not have a significant drug resistance, generally in about 2 weeks can be cured, some of the children with good physical condition can recover more quickly, in 1 ~ 2 weeks can be cured. Most of the pediatric lobar pneumonia is due to bacterial infection of the lungs caused by inflammation, with Streptococcus pneumoniae is common, after infection, the child is usually manifested as high fever, coughing, shortness of breath, severe cases will be accompanied by poor mental response, diarrhea, abdominal distension and other symptoms, lung auscultation can be detected obvious wet rales. Therefore, when the child has a fever, cough, shortness of breath and other symptoms of pneumonia, we should take the child to the hospital pediatrics in a timely manner, so as not to delay treatment.