What is the treatment cycle for neonatal pneumonia?

Pneumonia is a common disease among many babies. It is particularly easy to cause pneumonia when catching a cold. Pneumonia always causes symptoms such as fever and cough in babies. If it is not treated in time, it will have a certain impact on the baby's physical health. It will also bring greater pain to the baby. Therefore, the treatment of pneumonia is also very important. In the process of treating pneumonia, many parents are always afraid that long-term use of drugs will cause certain harm to the baby. Let's take a look at the treatment cycle of neonatal pneumonia.

Neonatal pneumonia treatment cycle

General care and supportive care:

1. The room temperature should be kept at around 20℃. Relative humidity 55-65% to prevent respiratory secretions from drying out. Not easy to cough up. Prevent cross infection.

2. Pay attention to nutrition and water supply; breastfeed as much as possible. If bottle-feeding is used, the amount and concentration of milk can be determined based on the baby's digestive function and condition. If diarrhea occurs, give skimmed milk. It is advisable to provide light food to infants or children. Easy to digest. A diet rich in vitamins. Children in the recovery period should be given rich nutrition. High-calorie foods. For critically ill children who cannot eat. Give intravenous fluids to replenish heat and water.

3. Keep the respiratory tract open: nasal crusts should be removed promptly. Nasal secretions and respiratory tract sputum. Improve ventilation function. Increase alveolar ventilation. Correct hypoxia. Reduce CO2 retention. Those with a lot of thin phlegm. You can turn over and pat your back repeatedly to facilitate the discharge of phlegm. You can also take ammonium chloride mixture as an expectorant. The sputum is thick and difficult to cough up. Sputum can be suctioned or inhaled using ultrasonic atomization.

2) Application of anti-infective drugs.

1. Choice of antibiotics.

1. Gram-positive coccal infection of the lungs: Streptococcus pneumoniae. Penicillin remains the first choice. Those who are allergic to penicillin should be given erythromycin instead.

2. Gram-negative bacillus infection of the lungs. Ampicillin or aminoglycoside antibiotics are generally available. Fudaxin can be used for Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Bacteria-free, etc.

3. Mycoplasma pneumonia: erythromycin is often used. The appropriate course of treatment is 2 weeks.

4For pneumonia of unknown bacteria. Broad-spectrum antibiotics should be selected according to the condition. Combination therapy (one of the drugs should be more effective against Gram-negative bacteria)

2. Application of antiviral drugs.

Interferon. Ribovirin.

3) Oxygen therapy:

IV) Symptomatic treatment:

1. Antipyretic and sedative.

2. Expectorant, cough and asthma reliever.

5) Treatment of damage to important organs.

The above is an introduction to the treatment cycle of neonatal pneumonia. After understanding it, we know that each baby’s physical condition is different. During the treatment process, parents should not worry too much. They must listen more to the doctor’s opinions and suggestions. In addition, they must give the baby more warm boiled water. If the baby is breastfed, the mother should also pay attention to adjusting her diet and eat more light food.