What foods can children with pneumonia eat?

There are many pregnant women who give birth to lovely babies after ten months of pregnancy, but there are unfortunate families whose babies are born with this disease or that disease. Pneumonia is one of them. It is one of the most common diseases in young children. It is really heartbreaking for children to be tortured by pneumonia and keep coughing. Today, the editor will introduce pneumonia to you.

Pneumonia refers to inflammation of the terminal airways, alveoli, and lung interstitium. Symptoms: fever, shortness of breath, persistent dry cough, possible unilateral chest pain, chest pain when taking a deep breath or coughing, small or large amounts of sputum, which may contain blood.

When young children develop pneumonia, their symptoms are often mild and they may have a mild cough or no cough at all. Attention should be paid to timely treatment.

Home care tips for pneumonia

1. Turn over and pat your back more often to help expel respiratory secretions. When the baby coughs a lot, it will be uncomfortable when sleeping. Parents should remember to turn the baby over and pat his back more often to help the baby expel secretions from the respiratory tract.

2. Eat more fruits and soups and less eggs. The food should be light, and you should drink plenty of water and vitamin C, but be careful not to eat too much at one time, as too much protein can cause indigestion.

3. For nasal congestion, use a thin cotton swab or a nasal aspirator. When your baby has a stuffy or blocked nose, you can use a cotton swab dipped in warm water to moisten the nasal crust and remove it little by little. Parents should be careful not to use too much force. Choose a small cotton swab, which works better than traditional cotton swabs. A nasal aspirator can also come in handy at this time.

4. Bring your own thermometer and hygrometer, keep the air circulating, and open the windows 2 to 3 times a day. Bring your own thermometer and hygrometer, which are sold in large supermarkets. Keep the indoor air circulating, open the windows 2 to 3 times a day, and control the indoor temperature and humidity. The temperature should be around 18℃~22℃, and the humidity should be around 60%.

5. Apply fever patch on forehead and wipe body with alcohol. If your baby has a fever, applying a cold towel to the forehead can reduce the temperature. You can also use a heat-removing patch. In addition, wiping the body with 30% to 50% alcohol can also help the baby cool down physically.

Children with pneumonia often have poor digestive function. If they eat greasy and heavy food, their digestive function will be further affected and necessary nutrients will not be replenished in time, resulting in reduced disease resistance. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat greasy foods such as cod liver oil, pine egg yolk, crab roe, phoenix tail fish, crucian carp roe, and animal offal. If you drink milk, you should remove the upper oil film, and nursing mothers should eat less greasy food to avoid aggravating the condition. Children with pneumonia should eat nutritious, easily digestible food. Breastfeeding children should mainly drink milk and can drink some water appropriately. Children who are older and can eat can eat nutritious, easily digestible, light food, eat more fruits and vegetables, and drink plenty of water.

The diet for pneumonia should avoid high-protein foods such as lean meat, fish and eggs to avoid water loss during metabolism. Too sweet, too salty, too spicy. Among fruits, pears are good for moistening the lungs and are high in water, which is also good for coughs.

Eat more spinach

The diet of pneumonia patients should be based on the principles of patient recovery, nutritional supplementation and increasing the body's disease resistance. The general principle is to eat easily digestible or semi-liquid food that is high in calories, vitamins, and protein.

I believe that as long as children with pneumonia actively receive treatment, listen to adults, and eat seriously, these diseases are nothing. A positive attitude is still the key to success. I hope everyone will listen to the editor’s suggestions above, then pneumonia will not be so scary to us.