“Health” (AKIpress) – If a child has a fever for more than three days, he must be examined by a pediatrician. The head of the department of general somatics at the city children’s clinical hospital for emergency medical care spoke about this. Raushan Isakova on the air of Birinchi Radio.
According to her, parents should be alert not only to high fever and cough, but also to the general condition of the child. With pneumonia, children may become lethargic, eat less well, move less and sleep more often.
“If a child suffers a viral infection, then after the temperature drops, he usually runs and plays again. With pneumonia, the child continues to remain lethargic, eats worse, and becomes passive,” the doctor explained.
Another symptom is shortness of breath. According to Isakova, in children under one year old the normal respiratory rate is up to 50 breaths per minute. If the child is breathing faster, this should also alert parents.
A cough with pneumonia in the first days can be superficial, frequent and painful, and over time it becomes deeper and wetter.
At the same time, the doctor emphasized that parents cannot independently determine the disease based on symptoms alone. To make a diagnosis, a specialist must examine the child and, if necessary, prescribe tests and a chest x-ray.
“Not every cough and fever means pneumonia. There are bronchiolitis, obstructive bronchitis and viral infections, in which the child can also have a fever for more than three days. Therefore, the diagnosis must be made by a doctor,” Isakova said.
She urged parents not to self-medicate and not to buy antibiotics at the pharmacy without a prescription from a specialist.
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