How do you know if your baby has pneumonia? There are nine dietary taboos for children with pneumonia

If a child catches a cold and parents miss the time to treat it or do not pay enough attention to it, it is possible that the child will develop pneumonia. But what are the symptoms of pneumonia? How can parents judge whether their children have pneumonia? Well, please see below for various symptoms of pneumonia in children.

How to know if your baby has pneumonia

Check your breathing

When a child has pneumonia, if the condition is more serious, he or she will have coughing, wheezing, and even difficulty breathing. Difficulty breathing will manifest as holding breath and purple lips. In this case, the condition is already very serious. Don't delay any longer. Go to a small clinic, or even a regular hospital. If the pneumonia is caused by a cold, there will be no difficulty breathing, but there will still be coughing.

Second hope spirit

When a baby has a cold, although he is not as energetic as usual, he can still go out to play, run, and jump. However, when a child gets pneumonia, his mental state will obviously decline, and he will become irritable, cry and make a fuss, be restless, or be in a drowsy state, and occasionally have convulsions. At this time, it is a sign that the child has pneumonia.

Three body temperature measurements

When a child has a cold, he or she may not have a fever. However, if he or she has pneumonia, he or she will most likely have a fever. If the temperature is above 38°C and persists for several days, and if the fever does not go down after taking antipyretics, then it means that the child has pneumonia. Parents should not let their children have a fever any longer, otherwise an undesirable tragedy will occur. They should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

Four-view diet

If the baby just has a cold, then the child can still eat normally, although he will eat less, but he is still in a normal eating state. However, if the child has pneumonia, he will obviously eat much less than usual, and may even not eat, and he will cry, be unable to calm down, and have breath holding.

Five senses sleep

If the baby just has a cold, his sleep will not be affected and he will sleep peacefully after taking medicine. But if the child has pneumonia, even if he takes medicine, he will still wake up easily at night, and after waking up, he will cry non-stop. At night, his breathing may be more difficult. At this time, you, as a parent, should pay attention to the changes in your child at night.

Baby pneumonia is related to four factors

1. Upper respiratory tract infection: Since children's immune function is not yet fully developed and their ability to localize infection is weak, after suffering from upper respiratory tract infections such as colds and pharyngitis, the infection can easily spread from the upper respiratory tract along the trachea and bronchi and cause pneumonia.

2. Sudden cold, hunger, fatigue, etc. weaken the body's resistance, making it easier for viruses, bacteria and other pathogens to invade the respiratory tract and not easily eliminated by the human body, leading to pneumonia.

3. When suffering from other respiratory infectious diseases, such as measles, whooping cough, influenza and adenovirus infection, it is easy to develop pneumonia and even develop severe pneumonia.

4. Suffering from some underlying diseases, such as immunodeficiency, congenital heart disease, congenital respiratory system developmental abnormalities, malnutrition, anemia and other serious systemic diseases, are also susceptibility factors for pneumonia.

There are 9 dietary taboos for children with pneumonia

(1) Avoid high-protein diets. The main components of lean meat, fish and eggs are proteins. 1 gram of protein absorbs 18 milliliters of water in the body, and the final product of protein metabolism is urea. Children who eat more protein will excrete more urea, and for every 300 milligrams of urea excreted, at least 20 milliliters of water will be taken away. Therefore, children with high fever and dehydration should avoid high-protein diets. In the later stages of the disease, they can supplement appropriately to improve their physical fitness.

(2) Avoid eating polysaccharides. Sugar is a calorie supplement with a simple function and basically does not contain other nutrients. If children with pneumonia eat too much sugar, the bactericidal effect of white blood cells in the body will be inhibited. The more sugar is consumed, the more obvious the inhibition will be, which will aggravate the condition.

(3) Avoid spicy food. Spicy food is very irritating and can easily generate heat and damage body fluids. Therefore, chili oil, pepper and spicy condiments should not be added to the diet of children with pneumonia.

(4) Avoid greasy and heavy foods. Children with pneumonia often have low digestive function. If they eat greasy and heavy foods, their digestive function will be further affected. Necessary nutrients cannot be replenished in time, resulting in reduced resistance to disease. Therefore, they should not eat cod liver oil, pine egg yolk, crab roe, phoenix tail fish, crucian carp roe, and animal offal. If they drink milk, they should remove the upper oil film. Wet nurses should also eat less greasy food to avoid aggravating the condition.

(5) Avoid eating raw and cold foods. Excessive consumption of raw and cold foods such as watermelon, ice cream, frozen juice, popsicles, ice lollies, cold drinks, bananas, raw pears, etc. can easily affect the Yang energy in the body. If the Yang energy is damaged, it will be unable to resist pathogens and the disease will be difficult to recover. Therefore, it should be avoided, especially for children with gastrointestinal symptoms.

(6) Avoid drinking tea. Children with pneumonia often have fever, so they should avoid drinking tea. Theophylline in tea can excite the central nervous system, keep the brain excited, and speed up the pulse and increase blood pressure. When a child has a fever, the body is in an excited stage where the positive and negative forces are fighting each other, and the pulse is fast. Drinking tea will stimulate the myocardium and increase consumption. This will not only fail to reduce fever, but will also increase body temperature and induce other diseases. In addition, the tannic acid in tea has an astringent effect. Chinese medicine believes that it is not conducive to the dissipation of evil spirits on the skin surface, and it is also not suitable for children with fever.

(7) Avoid taking heat-clearing drugs randomly. Heat-clearing drugs such as gold and silver tea, green fruit, and isatis root granules are beneficial to children with pneumonia. However, they should not be taken for a long time, especially for those with weak constitutions. Otherwise, it will damage the body's positive energy and aggravate the original symptoms.

(8) Avoid using acidic drugs and foods such as Schisandra chinensis, black plum, vitamin C, sour fruit, orange, vinegar, etc., which are sour and can be astringent and hinder sweating.

(9) Avoid abusing antipyretics. Using too much antipyretic medicine as soon as a fever occurs is not only harmful to the body, but may also mask the condition and delay treatment. Therefore, antipyretics should be used with caution in children with fever, and excessive use of medicine should be avoided to prevent a sudden drop in body temperature, profuse sweating, and collapse.