Do infants need to be hospitalized for pneumonia?

If your baby’s pneumonia symptoms are mild, with only a slight cough and sputum, normal milk intake and good mental state, you can treat your baby with oral medication at home as prescribed by your doctor. 2. If you find symptoms, seek medical attention as soon as possible. If the baby has severe pneumonia symptoms, high fever, irritability, breathing difficulties, vomiting, drowsiness and other symptoms, hospitalization is required for treatment. After conducting relevant tests, such as blood tests, chest X-ray, blood culture, etc., active and symptomatic antibacterial, antiviral, cooling, rehydration and other treatments will be given to improve the baby’s above-mentioned uncomfortable symptoms.