Spanish to English translation
80% of consultations in children under five years in the country is due to pneumonia
11-17-2011
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By: RCN Radio
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that pneumonia is the leading killer of children around the world. It is estimated that this disease kills 1.4 million children under five each year, more than AIDS, malaria and measles.
While in Colombia, pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children, 80 percent of diseases are presented under five years relates to lung problems. Rolando Figueroa, an adviser to family and community health of the Pan American Health in Colombia, said that this problem also occurs in the country. "Despite the progress and pace of the advances that have been taken into the number of severe respiratory infections, pneumonia is still, in cases presented, the disease has that percentage, similar to the rest of the world, "said the specialist. He also reported that time to treat this disease is important for mothers to control the temperature, heart rate, but especially the respiratory that is, count the number of breaths the child has. For this reason, explained that it appropriate for children under two months with a frequency of 40 to 50 breaths per minute. While children between two and five years must have a frequency of 25 to 35 breaths per minute.