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China/Jiangsu - Yangzhou: Fall high incidence of pneumonia in children admitted to the hospital - nearly 20 children in one day

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Note: Fall high incidence of pneumonia in children admitted to the hospital one day nearly 20 children

2013年09月19日16:21 | Source: Yangzhou Network - Yangzhou Times

Recently, with the advent of autumn, many parents take their children to the city MCH pediatric doctor, originally, many children are suffering from pneumonia. Pediatrics Director Zhang Kunming, yesterday one day, just look pneumonia children reached nearly 20.

Witness

3 percent increase in patients with pneumonia in children

Most vulnerable children under 5 get pneumonia

Reporters on the second floor of MCH pediatric clinic saw an endless stream of patients come to see the doctor. Zhang Kunming introduced every year along with the arrival of autumn, suffering from pneumonia in children than in summer has increased by 3 percent.

Tintin, who lives in Meiling, is a 3-year-old boy, began last week, the family discovered that the child kept coughing, and some fever. Tintin's mother told reporters that they give their children the drugstore to buy some anti-fever medicine, thought that the child will eat nothing, who knows a few days later, cough, fever symptoms, that did not alleviate, this took the children to come hospital.

Zhang Kunming told reporters, do not look down upon pneumonia, pneumonia can cause more than 10 kinds of disease complications, such as myocarditis, encephalitis, pulmonary emphysema, liver damage, severe and even lead to death in children. It is reported that five years is a high incidence of pneumonia in children, mainly because this period children less resistance.

Survey

Many reasons causing pneumonia

Smoke is a major factor

Why children are more likely to get pneumonia? Zhang Kunming said, now densely populated cities, coupled with excessive vehicle emissions, pollute the air.

Zhang Kunming told reporters, through the thousands of children with pneumonia clinical studies have found that children like to go to the supermarket more susceptible to pneumonia. Many people gather in the supermarket, and the ventilation is not good, the children often go to the supermarket, breathing air is not fresh, air, accompanied by germs, inhalation, will increase the chances of suffering from pneumonia.

The reporter learned that children suffering from pneumonia, also with the family environment, generally relatives who smoke at home, then the child will be exposed to secondhand smoke at home, third-hand smoke, it is easy to inhaled into the lungs causing pneumonia. Also, if the home air is humid, not regular window ventilation, air will lead to the breeding of bacteria, if the air had pneumonia germs, the child would have got if inhaled.

Proposal

Let the children to breathe fresh air

Away from the smog

Zhang Kunming said the children increasingly susceptible to pneumonia, internal factors are mainly children weak immune system, this part of the children often watch television, the Internet, the lack of a regular routine and adequate sleep, especially pay attention to scientific training, these children are likely to become immunocompromised incentives. He suggested that parents should always take the kids out to play, go to the park or on the lawn sports, let the children come into contact with nature, fresh air, and to allow more children to participate in physical exercise, let the children run up.

He also reminded parents to let the child away from second-hand smoke, third-hand smoke, keep indoor air circulation, but also to correct the child partial eclipse of the bad habits. Children eclipse, easily lead to a lack of vitamins and minerals the body, causing decreased resistance to develop pneumonia. Reporter correspondent Huang Cheng Xun

Editor: Ting Ying

http://www.yznews.com.cn/jk/2013-09/19/content_4621758.htm
 
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