6 most obvious signs to detect pneumonia in children
(Baonghean.vn) - Pneumonia is a very common disease in young children, often occurring during the changing seasons or when the weather turns cold; the disease progresses very quickly without specific symptoms, making it difficult to recognize. According to doctors, children with pneumonia often have some of the following recognizable symptoms.
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| Common symptoms of pneumonia are high fever, chest pain not only during coughing, but also between coughing spells, and purple discoloration around the lips and face (due to lack of oxygen). |
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| A typical symptom of pneumonia is a cough. Your baby may have a dry cough or a persistent cough with phlegm... |
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| Rapid breathing is a common and early sign for diagnosing pneumonia in children because it has high sensitivity and specificity... For children 2 - 12 months old: ≥ 50 times/minute is rapid breathing. Children 1 - 5 years old: ≥ 40 times/minute is rapid breathing. |
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| Labored breathing is characterized by flaring of the nostrils, groaning, and contraction of the intercostal muscles (the soft tissue between the ribs sinks in when the child inhales). |
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| The sign of chest retraction is when the baby inhales, the lower part of the chest does not expand as usual but sinks in; the reason is that the diaphragm separating the abdomen and chest also participates in the breathing process. |
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| Although wheezing is more commonly a sign of a viral infection, it sometimes occurs in pneumonia. |