How to prevent pneumonia in children? What are the symptoms of pneumonia in children?

Every life is hard-won, and for fragile newborns, it is more likely to cause diseases due to various factors. Although neonatal pneumonia is a disease of the neonatal component, if this disease is not treated in time, it is very likely to cause suffocation and death of the baby. It is not easy to be pregnant for 10 months, so the occurrence of neonatal pneumonia in children must be diagnosed and treated in time, and we must learn to prevent it correctly, so that our children can thrive.

So what are the symptoms of pneumonia in children?

1. Breathing difficulties Neonatal pneumonia is divided into aspiration pneumonia and infectious pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia is caused by inhalation of amniotic fluid, meconium or breast milk, which leads to respiratory infection. Therefore, it is easy to cause newborns to show symptoms of breathing difficulties. At this time, it must be treated in time, otherwise it may cause suffocation of the baby.

2. Respiratory distress. If the neonatal pneumonia is very serious, it may lead to severe respiratory distress and even respiratory failure. At this time, the child's breathing will become shallow and rapid, and active treatment must be given.

3. Blue lips. The main symptom of neonatal pneumonia is breathing difficulties, and insufficient ventilation in the lungs causes hypoxia in the body, which leads to blue lips.

How to prevent neonatal pneumonia?

1. It is not easy to increase the amount of milk for premature babies too quickly. Because the organs and body conditions of premature babies are not as good as those of full-term babies, the amount of milk for premature babies should be increased, otherwise they will choke on milk and cause aspiration pneumonia.

2. Correct feeding method. If malformations such as suspected esophageal atresia are not confirmed, there is a risk of aspiration during feeding. A series of examinations will be done when the child is born. If a child is found to have esophageal malformations, do not feed the child, because this may cause the liquid to be unable to pass directly from the esophagus to the stomach and cause bronchial obstruction. The first feeding should be with water or glucose water to avoid milk aspiration pneumonia.

3. Raising the head of the bed and lying on your side after feeding can reduce the risk of aspiration. Choosing the right physiological curvature can allow milk to be normally aspirated into the esophagus and into the stomach, thus avoiding the occurrence of milk aspiration pneumonia.

Although some congenital neonatal pneumonia seems unavoidable, milk aspiration pneumonia can actually be prevented by parents paying attention to neonatal pneumonia and taking some corresponding preventive measures. Therefore, you must pay more attention to your children and let them grow up healthily and strongly in a warm and comfortable environment.