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Experts advise: children cough and even more to be alert to pneumonia
2017-03-01 10:49:51 Source: Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News Agency, Harbin, March 1 (Xinhua Yan Rui) As the climate gradually warming, some viruses into the active period. Experts suggest that children with chronic cough cough, do not simply take cough medicine trouble, need to be alert to pneumonia and other respiratory infections.Harbin City, the first hospital pediatric ward director Shi Xiangying recently admired a child, due to cold caused by cough, fever. Parents to their children to take a cough medicine, cough symptoms have been relieved, but a fever after a week, diagnosed with pneumonia.
"Some parents give their children to take cough medicine to fast cough, but light cough, not expectorant, but also may cause secondary infection." Shi Xiangying said, children with low immunity, when there are foreign bacteria invasion, sputum secretion will increase Respiratory discomfort, and cough is just a protective response.
Experts explained that children with cold cough medicine, cough may be temporarily alleviated, but their respiratory development is not perfect, weak cough strength, sputum left in the respiratory tract, it is difficult to effectively remove, easy to cause pneumonia and other diseases. When there is severe cough, and accompanied by poor appetite, poor breathing, should be timely medical treatment, so as not to delay the disease.
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