If the doctor prescribes antibiotics, the child must receive the 1st (first) dose at the time of the appointment while still at the health service. This is the recommendation of the World Health Organization.
Pneumonia is more dangerous in babies:
- two-month-old or younger;
- who were born with less than two-and-a-half kilograms;
- who are not breastfed;
- who are malnourished;
- who are not up-to-date with the immunization.
Some environmental conditions make the air polluted and make it easier to catch this type of disease. The houses where the sun doesn't enter, the air intake is not renewed, they have dust and smoke from cars, wood stoves, or pollution from cars, factories, and fires.
The habit of smoking around the child increases the chances of him having respiratory problems such as bronchitis, ear inflammation, sinusitis, asthma, and pneumonia.
They have difficulty breathing:
- Strange noise when breathing (wheezing);
- The ribs appear when they inhale air (subcostal retraction).
Leader, when the baby has some signs of respiratory infection, you should advise the mother to:
- take him to the health service as soon as possible;
- keep breastfeeding;
- give the medications at dose, at the times, and for the time recommended by the doctor;
- return to the health service on the scheduled day or at any time, if the baby does not get better or get worse.
If you see any signs of danger in the children you follow up with, refer them immediately to the health service. Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) are one of the main health problems among children under five.
Recognizing the danger signs and starting treatment early helps to reduce the severity of the disease and can prevent death from pneumonia.
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