Are antibiotics effective in treating pneumonia in children? Is it necessary to keep the indoor air fresh for children with pneumonia?

Now that autumn and winter have arrived, children are prone to catching colds, and many children have already developed pneumonia. Many children have shown symptoms of pneumonia, which has harmed the lung health of the children and caused them more pain. Therefore, we should be wary of the occurrence of pneumonia and pay attention to the prevention of pneumonia in daily life. Read on to learn about the prevention methods for childhood pneumonia.

How to prevent pneumonia in children

Pediatric pneumonia is the most common respiratory disease in children. It is prone to occur in all seasons. Infants under 3 years old are more likely to suffer from pneumonia in winter and spring. If the treatment is not thorough, it is easy to relapse and cause a variety of serious complications, affecting the child's development. It manifests as fever, cough, shortness of breath, dyspnea and fine moist rales in the lungs. There are also patients with severe cough and asthma without fever. Pediatric pneumonia has typical symptoms as well as atypical ones, and neonatal pneumonia is particularly atypical. Pneumonia caused by bacteria and viruses is the most common. Currently, pediatric pneumonia can be prevented by vaccines.

Fresh indoor air. Keep the indoor air fresh and quiet, and let the child rest well. Diet and expectoration. Eat easily digestible, high-calorie and vitamin-rich foods. Soft foods are best, which are conducive to digestive absorption. Pat the child's back when coughing, which is conducive to the discharge of phlegm. Pat the back from bottom to top. The room should not be too dry. The child should drink water appropriately to dilute the phlegm and facilitate the discharge of phlegm.

Strengthen exercise and pay attention to adding clothes appropriately. To prevent upper respiratory tract infection, pay attention to strengthening exercise, and choose appropriate exercise methods according to age. When doing outdoor activities, pay attention to adding clothes appropriately. When colds are prevalent in society, do not take children to public places. When someone at home has a cold, do not contact children. Enhance the disease resistance of infants and young children. Keep exercising to enhance disease resistance. At the same time, pay attention to climate changes, add or remove clothes for children at any time to prevent colds. Feed properly to prevent malnutrition. Educate children to develop good hygiene habits, do not spit anywhere, and let infants and young children get more sun. Continuously enhancing the disease resistance of infants and young children is the key to preventing the disease.

Treatment of pneumonia in children

At present, more babies will have symptoms of pneumonia, which causes very serious damage to their lungs and brings pain to the babies. Therefore, we must pay attention to pediatric pneumonia and clearly understand some methods of treating pediatric pneumonia. Let's take a look at the effective measures to treat pediatric pneumonia:

General treatment

Keep the air circulating in the ward, maintain the room temperature at 20℃ and the humidity at around 60%, provide easily digestible food, and turn the patient over and pat his back frequently.

Give antibiotics

Antibiotics are selected based on the following principles: ① Clinical and laboratory data targeting possible pathogens. ② Select antibiotics to which the pathogen is sensitive. ③ Severity of the disease.

If it is mycoplasma pneumonia, macrolide drugs can be used. For viral pneumonia, antiviral drugs such as ribavirin or acyclovir can be used.

Symptomatic treatment

If there are signs of hypoxia, oxygen can be inhaled. Oral expectorants can be taken, and nebulization therapy can be used if the sputum is thick and difficult to cough up.