Is a child's cough with echo a symptom of pneumonia?

Infants and young children are prone to pneumonia, which is a disease that is quite harmful to children. Colds and chills may lead to pneumonia. When children have pneumonia, they will have cough, fever, lung rales and other symptoms. At this time, they should receive timely and good treatment and be given some high-protein and high-nutrition foods. Let's take a look at this aspect.

What are the typical symptoms of pneumonia in children?

Fever: Children with pneumonia usually have fever symptoms, with body temperature above 38°C, which lasts for two or three days. Antipyretics can only temporarily lower the body temperature for a while, but it will rise again soon. Although children may have fever when they have a cold, the temperature is mostly below 38°C and lasts for a short time, so the effect of antipyretics is more obvious.

Coughing and breathing: To determine whether the child has pneumonia, we need to see whether the child has coughing, wheezing, and difficulty breathing. Coughing and wheezing caused by colds and bronchitis are mostly paroxysmal and generally do not cause difficulty breathing. If the cough and wheezing are severe, the respiratory rate increases when at rest (i.e., infants under 2 months old breathe ≥ 60 times/minute; infants 2-12 months old breathe ≥ 50 times/minute; children 1-5 years old breathe ≥ 40 times/minute), the nostrils on both sides open one after another, and the lips turn blue or purple, once the above symptoms appear, it indicates that the condition is serious and should not be delayed.

Mental state: In order to detect pneumonia in children in time, careful mothers should also pay attention to their children's mental state. If a child is in good spirits, playful and cheerful while having a fever, cough and wheezing, it indicates that the possibility of him having pneumonia is very small. On the contrary, if the child is in a poor mental state, has blue lips, is irritable, crying or drowsy, has convulsions, and a few children may even have delirium, it means that the child is more seriously ill and is more likely to have pneumonia. In the early stages of pneumonia, a child may not show any obvious changes in spirit, or may be in a poor mental state.

Appetite: Appetite will decrease significantly when suffering from pneumonia. Children with pneumonia may not eat or may cry and become restless when feeding.

Chest: Because children's chest walls are thin, bubbling sounds can sometimes be heard without a stethoscope, so careful parents can listen to their children's chest when they are quiet or asleep. When listening to a child's chest, the room temperature must be above 18°C, take off the child's shirt, gently place your ears against the chest wall on both sides of the child's spine, and listen carefully. Children with pneumonia may hear "gurgling" sounds when inhaling, which doctors call fine bubbling sounds, and are an important sign of lung inflammation.

In short, children’s body resistance and immunity are not as good as those of adults, and they need more care and love from their parents so that they can grow up healthily and happily.

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