What to do if your six-month-old baby has pneumonia

Pneumonia affects certain age groups. No matter what age group you are in, you may get this disease. Since children have weaker resistance, they are more susceptible to illness. What should I do if my six-month-old baby has pneumonia? Regarding this question, the doctor gave us the answer through the following content. If you want to know more, please read the following content with me.

There are three types of pneumonia in children: infectious pneumonia, viral pneumonia, and mycoplasma pneumonia. The symptoms of these three types of pneumonia are the same, including fever, cough, and runny nose. When our doctors listen to the stethoscope, we can hear sounds in both lungs. If some people cannot hear them, they can see shadows in X-rays or chest X-rays. As I just mentioned, viral pneumonia, infectious pneumonia, and mycoplasma pneumonia, the symptoms of these three types of pneumonia are the same. But why do we say it is this pneumonia or that pneumonia? It is based on routine test reports. Viral pneumonia has high white blood cell count and low neutrophil count. Does it mean that children will get these three types of pneumonia? No, these are common. There are dozens or even hundreds of different types of pneumonia, but most of them are more common. What should we do if they get pneumonia? Parents are very anxious. Therefore, parents should take their babies to the hospital and let the doctor confirm which type of pneumonia they have. Different types require different medications. At this time, our baby's physical condition will deteriorate, and 1.7 million children suffer from pneumonia each year, and the mortality rate is also very high. Therefore, we are all susceptible to pneumonia at different ages, both young and old. Therefore, parents must pay attention at this time to prevent our babies from getting pneumonia.

Parents need to pay attention to one issue. For example, when our baby is taking a bath, pay attention to the indoor temperature. The indoor temperature must be 20 degrees and the water temperature must be 40 degrees. Don't catch a cold. Once the baby catches a cold, the baby may sneeze, have a runny nose, and have a fever. If the condition is not controlled, the baby will develop a lung infection. The child's lung breathing ability is very poor, and he will be infected if he is not careful. In addition, when the baby is just born, the family feels happy and is particularly excited. The parents say they have a baby and friends come to see the baby. With so many people, it is easy for the baby to be infected. Some of them pay attention to hygiene when the doctor takes off his clothes before holding the baby, while others do not. If the parents ask them to wash their hands before touching the baby, the classmates and friends will get angry. So if you pay attention to this issue, the baby will not easily get neonatal pneumonia. In addition, when the air is convection, put the baby in another room. The room should be ventilated. In addition, if family members have a cold, they should stay away from the baby. If they are too close to the baby, the baby will easily get neonatal pneumonia.

The above content is the detailed answer given by the doctor to the question of what to do if a six-month-old baby has pneumonia. I believe that after reading it, everyone must have their own opinions on this aspect. I hope that every parent can start with little things and take good care of their baby, and not let the baby get sick because of their own negligence.