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Pneumonia
What you need to know about the mother of pneumonia, ie
inflammation of the lungs.
Well, firstly, that just because it does not arise. It is always to blame germs,
most commonly - bacteria.
In very young pneumonia can occur after birth when the newborn "swallowed water.
But such cases are still in the hospital monitor and treat pediatricians.
More often, mothers begin to worry when the child is coughing and acute
respiratory disease coughs. This is actually a cause for excitement and reason
to call the doctor at home.
Sometimes, after acute respiratory diseases, ie colds, the child may have
pneumonia. This is one of the most frequent complications of acute respiratory
disease. But do not think that "common complication" means that every second
cold ends pneumonia. Not at all. But if a student has the temperature and cough,
the first thing about what to think - is to call the doctor that he would listen
to the lungs and excluded or confirmed the suspicion of pneumonia. And if the
probability of pneumonia is high - antibiotics.
Pneumonia occurs when the child's body, weakened by the struggle with the cold
virus gliding bacteria. Like viruses, they fall into the child through the nose
and mouth, reaching the bronchi, causing bronchitis, down below and ... begins
pneumonia.
And what ... When the first symptoms of a cold to worry and experience, not
whether the pneumonia? ..
No. While the first days of illness are, even if you have a cough, and even more
so - snot, even if the temperature is above 38 degrees, to think of pneumonia
early. But at 3-4 day illness with cough and high fever should call a doctor,
because the third symptom of pneumonia is a specific change in the sound "easy
listening". To hear this may only doctor. So the doctor, if it considers it
necessary, may be to tap the chest to detect the same change in sound, and can
send a child on chest x-ray that would have on the image to see whether signs of
pneumonia.
So, let's say, the parents are out of luck, and the doctor had diagnosed
pneumonia. Do not despair. Modern drugs quite easily cope with this scourge.
However, these medications do not nothing but does not like many parents
antibiotics. But there was nowhere to go. The bacteria does not kill anything
else. And if the virus can be treated safely ARI grandmother's recipe and
traditional means, with pneumonia a number does not pass. The longer the not
prescribe antibiotics, the harder and longer will have to treat pneumonia.
Antibiotic appointed not less than 5 days, usually for 7-10 days. Discontinue
antibiotic can not under any circumstances - be sure to drink away the entire
course. Even if the child 2-3 days of antibiotic therapy has become much better.
It says only that the antibiotic is selected correctly and the treatment is
successful ... but to drink the medicine must have as many days as appointed
physician. Otherwise, all may come to nothing.
But if on the third day of antibiotic temperature continues to stay above 38, it
must again call the doctor. Since this is one indication that the selected
antibiotic has no effect on the bacteria that caused the disease. In this case,
the doctor cancels one antibiotic and replaces it with another.
Sometimes, the doctor decides to appoint an antibiotic for 3-4 days ARI, if the
temperature goes above 38 and a cough, even if not "heard" through phonendoscope
pneumonia. Ie antibiotics to prevent pneumonia.
In this case you can not blame the doctor or in excessive reassurance nor
superfluous antibiotic. Pneumonia is developing quite rapidly and the body in a
weakened virus, bacteria, meeting no resistance, can multiply during the night,
per day. And, today, the doctor listened and heard no pneumonia, and tomorrow
she appeared ... A doctor then and there to listen. And while his parents
called, until the doctor comes, while my father to go to the drugstore and buy
antibiotic ... Pneumonia is luxuriant bloom color. So it turns out that
sometimes "should strangle it in the bud". To do this, and sometimes a doctor
appointed by antibiotic prophylaxis.
In parallel with the antibiotic to avoid side effects from its use, the
physician may designate an antifungal medication, usually nystatin, and another
product containing bifidus-and lacto-bacteria, called probiotics, and are now in
a wide choice of pharmacies, as well as drug protivogistaminovy , to reduce
inflammation and prevent an allergic reaction to antibiotics.
This approach makes the treatment of pneumonia safe, fairly fast and efficient.
Of course, the doctor would prescribe more drugs and inhaled expectorants. It is
very important to ensure that sputum coughed, and rapidly eliminated from the
body dead and half-dead microbes, and, consequently, the child recover quickly.
That's a terrible pneumonia into a manageable disease, which can be effectively
treated.
Pediatrician Sokolov AL
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