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  • China - Colder weather causing pediatric patients increase by a third - mostly pneumonia, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province - October 18, 2018

    9-year-old boy is infected with pneumonia after playing tennis. Pediatric ward "full bed" 70% is pneumonia
    2018-10-18 17:08:00

      Since the cooling of this month, the number of children with pneumonia admitted to the hospital has increased significantly. The pediatric ward of a hospital in the city has a “full bed” status. Among them, 70% of the children are pneumonia, mostly infants under 3 years old. A 9-year-old boy in the urban area was overworked and cold when playing tennis, resulting in hospitalization for pneumonia. Because the early symptoms of pneumonia are similar to the common cold, experts remind parents to pay attention to observe the child's mental state, pay attention to prevent children from the risk of pneumonia.
      Playing tennis for a few hours
      9-year-old boy was hospitalized with pneumonia
      Xiaogang (a pseudonym) is 9 years old this year. In order to cultivate his interest and exercise, his parents gave Xiaogang a tennis interest class. Last week, Xiao Gang played tennis for several hours. When he got home, he sweated. He didn't expect to have a cold symptoms the next day. Subsequently, Xiaogang's condition developed rapidly and the fever was not retreated. The family sent him to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed with lobar pneumonia and needed hospitalization.
      "The 9-year-old child has not had much lobar pneumonia. This is the excessive exercise leading to physical fatigue, coupled with cold-induced." Zhang Kunming, director of the Department of Pediatrics of the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said that due to the characteristics of pediatric respiratory anatomy, physiology and immunity, infants The most common children are "bronchitis pneumonia", while the older children are mostly "large-leaf pneumonia". The temperature changes suddenly in the season, and the child's resistance is reduced, which is prone to pneumonia.
      Infants and young children under 3 years old pay attention
      Pediatric "full bed", 70% is pneumonia
      In the pediatric clinic, the reporter saw that the doctor had treated four or five children with respiratory infections within half an hour. "Children are only working in small classes. They played games in kindergarten two days ago. They are sweating. They have been coughing for a few days. They have not seen cephalosporins." A parent was anxious and consulted a doctor.
      "Upper respiratory tract infection, let the children talk less to reduce exercise, cephalosporins are antibiotics, do not eat easily, parents can not give medicine to children at will." Zhang Kunming 叮嘱.
      “The number of outpatient clinics has increased by a third. Recently, there were more than 50 respiratory diseases among the children I received in the morning, and more than 10 of them were pneumonia.” Zhang Kunming said that respiratory diseases are easy to be among young children. Spread to each other.
      In addition to the increase in outpatients, the recent shortage of beds in the pediatric wards has appeared. "The 80 beds are all full. I have been rushing from Jiangdu to hospital this morning, but the beds are full and need to be lined up." Zhang Kunming told the parents that most of them were hospitalized for respiratory diseases. Children with pneumonia account for more than 70%. Pediatric outpatients have been on the rise due to lower temperatures and changes.
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