Symptoms of baby's lung infection, be careful of these manifestations

Sometimes babies have no obvious symptoms of lung infection and parents will not notice it, but many times there will be obvious symptoms, such as the child coughing, spitting out thick phlegm from the mouth, strong odor, etc. Parents should be careful when they see these symptoms.

1. Hypoxic encephalopathy

When pneumonia causes breathing difficulties and hypoxia, patients may experience vomiting and headaches, and may also become comatose and faint, and the condition is quite serious.

2. Lung abscess

If the lung inflammation does not dissipate, abscesses will form, which may be one or more, and a large amount of purulent sputum with a strong odor will be coughed up.

3. Bronchiectasis

Long-term bronchial obstruction and atelectasis can cause bronchiectasis, which can also be caused by frequent coughing, often occurring after acute pneumonia.

The lungs are internal organs that are in direct contact with the outside world, so they are more susceptible to infection. As the physical functions of the elderly deteriorate, they are more likely to suffer from lung infection than young people. People with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, or lung diseases, as well as the elderly who have been bedridden for a long time, are especially at risk.

If lung infection is not controlled promptly and effectively, it may develop into severe pneumonia, leading to a considerable proportion of respiratory failure. Therefore, patients should not only pay attention to diseases of their cardiovascular and cerebrovascular organs, but also pay more attention to their lungs and take preventive measures.

The causes of lung infection are mostly inhalation injury, tracheotomy or intubation, aspiration, pulmonary edema, atelectasis, shock, surgical anesthesia, invasive wound infection, suppurative thrombophlebitis, etc.

4. Bacterial pneumonia

The main ones are infectious and physical and chemical, such as radiation, toxic gases, drugs, and allergic reactions, such as allergic pneumonia. The vast majority of clinical cases are infectious pneumonia caused by bacteria, viruses, chlamydia, mycoplasma, rickettsia, fungi and parasites, among which bacteria are the most common.