Prevention Tips

Given Pneumonia is a sign of high-risk disease was initially very similar to the flu, it is good to the parents to remain vigilant by taking into account the following tips: * Protects baby (children) from exposure to cigarette smoke, air pollution and the crowds that have the potential transmission. * Protects your baby (child) from contact with people with shortness of breath. * Familiarize breastfeeding. * Immediate treatment if we find the child has fever, cough, colds. Especially if accompanied by hoarseness, shortness of breath and a tug on the muscles between the ribs (retractions). * Check back in 2 days if improvement has not...

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Treatment

Treatment is aimed to eradicate micro-organisms cause. Although antibiotics are sometimes not needed if the cause is a virus, but for areas that do not have a culture of microorganisms facility would be problematic given the way the disease progresses rapidly, while on the other hand there is difficulty distinguishing between viral and bacterial causes. In addition, it is still possible involvement of secondary infection by bacteria. Therefore, antibiotics are given if the patient has been defined as pneumonia. Another problem in terms of treatment of patients with pneumonia is the limited access to services due to geographical factors. The...

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Signs of Pneumonia

Penumonia signs vary widely, depending on age groups, causing micro-organisms, the immune system (immunological) and severity of disease. In general, begins with fever, cough, colds, hoarseness, sore throat. Furthermore, the higher the heat, the more severe cough, rapid breathing (tachypnea), the muscular ribs (retractions), shortness of breath and the patient becomes bluish (cyanotic). Sometimes accompanied by other signs such as headache, abdominal pain and vomiting (in children over 5 years). In infants (aged under 1 year) signs of pneumonia are not specific, not always found fever and cough. In addition to the signs above, WHO has been...

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