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 so. Some parents are afraid their children a total cold, while the bedroom Gaode airtight, so that the air is very muddy, so that the ring Chang extremely detrimental to children with pneumonia. Windows should be regularly every day to keep the bedroom, the air is fresh, but not let the cold wind blowing directly to kids. Many ways to increase humidity, as can be put in the pot of water on the stove, so boiling water evaporation, or mop the floor with a damp cloth and so on.

Dietary requirements: It should be noted Eat small meals often have nutritious food should be digestible. Fever, it can encourage children to drink plenty of water. Digestive function in children with pneumonia due to weakened, and sometimes when eating because of shortness of breath can affect breathing, aggravate breathing difficulties, therefore, not reluctantly fed to pneumonia in children. In order to avoid choking into the esophagus, feeding and medication when appropriate to the baby upper body elevation.

NOTE rest: There is fever, shortness of breath in children to bed rest, asthmatic children can be taken semi-recumbent position. Generally speaking, children can be taken to lateral position, head turned to one side, so that is conducive to expectoration. To the children every half an hour to shoot back once stood. Constantly changing position, to prevent pneumonia and blood stasis, promote mucus discharge is conducive to recovery.

Observed condition: to observe the child’s spirit, looking, breathing, body temperature and cough and asthma and other signs of change. If the asthmatic children with severe or sudden difficulty in breathing increased irritability, then often the performance of airway mucus obstruction and requires immediate suction, oxygen must be sent to the hospital for further examination as soon as possible in order to take appropriate therapeutic measures.