Archive for December, 2009

Prevention is better than cure in children with pneumonia

The world’s child deaths due to pneumonia caused by the number of more than AIDS, measles and malaria deaths of children combined; in China, pneumonia is the national death in children under 5 years old the first cause, of which about half are caused by pneumococcus. According to WHO statistics, every year around the world [...]

Nutrition care and pneumonia in children

According to the age characteristics of children give nutrient-rich, easy to digest food. Feeding of children should be dairy based, may be appropriate to drink the water. Milk may be appropriate to add a little bit of water against the thin, each fed less, increasing the frequency of feeding. In case of choking should promptly [...]

Western medical treatment in children with pneumonia

Western medical treatment
(1) antibiotic treatment: for bacterial pneumonia. Preferred penicillin 5-10 10000 u / kg / day divided into two intramuscular injection to heat back 3 days. If the effects of poor or who are allergic can be used lincomycin 30-50mg/kg / day divided into two sub-infusion. Cefotaxime (Kaifu Long) 50-100g/kg / day divided into [...]

Home to take care of children with pneumonia

Pneumonia is a common cold, bronchitis continuity. It is a disease of respiratory tract lesions heavier, pediatric hospital, about 1 / 4 of the baby was hospitalized because of pneumonia, oh.
Bronchial pneumonia, which is lobular pneumonia, small babies are particularly vulnerable to suffer from other disorders mainly scattered in the vicinity of bronchial lavage, and [...]

How rehydration in children with pneumonia with heart failure

However, for children with pneumonia, fluid therapy, following pediatric theoretical requirements, general inflammation in children can be maintained through the mouth into the volume of liquid without rehydration, continued feeding of children, according to physiological need for intravenous fluids, but the total should not be excessive speed to be slower, the total infusion volume of [...]

Breastfeeding is difficult disturbance in children with pneumonia in autumn

Most of the mothers have adequate breast-feeding their children at least 6 months, breast milk at this time can not fully meet the fast growing child needs, they should add a food supplement.
Children with clinical pneumonia is common and the four seasons are prone to winter and spring for multiple. If treatment is not completely [...]

Child had a fever how to do?

The main reason of fever caused by the disease, such as: respiratory infections, meningitis, urinary tract infection and should therefore be timely to find out the reasons for fever, the right medicine to bring down a fever. If the body temperature instability, then the disease has not yet cured, cured the disease, fever or withdrawal. [...]

How can a child pneumonia care?

Once a child is suffering from pneumonia, in addition to give the necessary medications prescribed by a doctor, parents care are also important.
Note room environment: the ideal environmental requirements must have the appropriate temperature, humidity and adequate ventilation. Preferably at room temperature maintained at 18 ℃ -22 ℃, relative humidity maintained at 50% -60% or [...]

Pediatric pneumonia “to see a 4″

Cold temperatures, emergency room with pneumonia significantly increased recently. Because children with pneumonia and flu symptoms are sometimes similar to, parents are very easy to confuse the two. Experts remind that –
Children prone to upper respiratory tract infection or influenza, scarlet fever, chicken pox, measles, whooping cough and other infectious diseases, in the case of [...]

Care in children with pneumonia

In our country, infant and child mortality caused by pneumonia is the first disease. However, parents should not be overly nervous, so long as a doctor with active treatment, enhanced care, rehabilitation of sick children will soon be restored.
Children with pneumonia care, many things, focusing on six areas:
1, pneumonia in children living environment should keep [...]