5/3/08

how to deal with children with pneumonia

Neonatal pneumonia is a common disease, multiple, often more acute onset illness heavier. Newborns born in the process of absorption into the amniotic fluid, or Shouliang, improper feeding, suction aspiration of the Naizhi, such as pneumonia can occur, there is a result of suffering from upper respiratory tract infection, high fever and other diseases induced by pneumonia, especially in the winter and spring festival.

If the newborn is suffering from pneumonia, common early symptoms: high fever, cough, asthma, runny nose, Jingshenbuzhen, crying low, superficial breathing, a rapid or irregular. In severe cases, breathing difficulties and may Fazi lips, nose, such as incitement.

Children had pneumonia, should be promptly sent to hospital for treatment, serious illness should be hospitalized, if not hospitalized, the treatment at home, the key is to strengthen the care of children. Specific care in the following areas:

(1) Environment: indoor should be sunny, the air fresh. A quiet, comfortable environment, the sick child can rest and sleep better, and is conducive to the improvement of conditions.

Sick child living room to ventilation, cleaning. In sweeping, wet hand to wet sweep to prevent the dusty, stimulate inflammation of the respiratory tract and increased cough. For the protection of air circulation and ventilation window a day to two to three times, each time 20-30 minutes, the indoor temperature to be maintained at 18-20 ℃, humidity of 55-65, such as air drying, put on the stove A non-covered water bottles, water vapor to increase the indoor humidity to prevent children Kouganshezao.

(2) diet: the sick children with pneumonia during the intake of adequate water and high-calorie, high vitamin, easy to digest foods. Baby food is the best period of dairy products, this must not be weaned, if the children Biede too powerful, Xinai difficulties can be squeezed out of the milk, slowly fed with tsp. Artificial feeding of infants, can be an appropriate increase in milk more Mitang. Children with more desirable semi-flow of food, such as rice gruel, Black noodles, soup-egg soup, to ensure the provision of adequate water and vitamins.

(3) warm: low temperatures in winter and spring, with special attention to keep warm, but it should be appropriate, to release clothing, heating, cooling to avoid difficulties, high fever and convulsion, or cause excessive sweating. Sweat absorption, skin heat evaporation will cause Shou Liang, adding to illness.

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