How to prevent pneumonia in children? Can using air conditioning in summer cause pneumonia in children?

As the weather gets hotter, people have to hide in air-conditioned rooms every day to avoid the heat. Although air conditioning can bring coolness to people, it can also bring many diseases to people. Among them, pneumonia in children may be caused by air conditioning.

Can excessive use of air conditioning in summer also cause pneumonia in children?

Due to the frequent use of air conditioners, the heat sink inside the air conditioner is where the hot and cold air are exchanged. When passing through here, condensed water will be produced here, causing this part of the air conditioner to be in a humid environment for a long time, and germs are easy to breed here. As the air conditioner is running, these bacteria will enter the room through the air supply system, which can easily cause children to develop allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchitis, and pediatric pneumonia. Because children have less subcutaneous fat, more capillaries, and their body temperature regulation center is not fully developed, they can clearly feel the larger temperature difference. Young children have poor resistance, so they are easily invaded by bacteria in the air conditioner, and pneumonia is very likely to occur.

What are the causes of pneumonia in children?

1. Viral infection. Children have weak immunity, so they are easily infected by viruses, which can cause pneumonia. The main viral infection is generally caused by recurrent bronchitis or chronic rhinitis. The viruses of these diseases may exist in the child's body, slowly infecting and causing chronic pneumonia.

2. Malnutrition. If a child has the habit of being picky about food, it is easy for him to suffer from malnutrition. When he is malnourished, the trace elements in his body are insufficient, and the body will develop diseases due to the lack of these elements, and pneumonia is one of them.

3. Immunodeficiency. Some children are born with immunodeficiency, which is one of the causes of childhood pneumonia.

4. Primary respiratory dysfunction leads to induced diseases. Children's respiratory tubes are relatively fragile, and it is easy for various diseases to invade the bronchi. After the disease invades, it will destroy the elastic fibers in the bronchi, eventually leading to pneumonia.

How to prevent pneumonia in children?

1. Keep the room ventilated. Keep the air circulating in the place where the baby rests, and open the windows to allow air convection.

2. Avoid crowded places. During the peak period of pneumonia, avoid crowded places. Crowded places have poor air circulation and there may be people with colds and coughs. Germs will spread in these places, so avoid taking children to these places.

In general, the occurrence of pneumonia can cause great physical harm to children, so after discovering that the child has pneumonia, effective measures should be taken in time to treat it, and good living care and dietary attention should be paid, so that pneumonia can be cured quickly.