How to treat bronchopneumonia in children

Pediatric bronchopneumonia can be treated clinically by general treatment as well as medication.

1. General treatment: let the child eat light and easy-to-digest food, pay attention to ensure adequate nutritional intake, at the same time maintain appropriate humidity and temperature indoors, and let the child ensure sufficient rest.

2. Medication: including treatment of the cause and symptomatic treatment.

(1) Treatment of causes: Pediatric bronchopneumonia is mainly caused by pathogenic bacterial infection, and antibiotics can be used for anti-inflammatory treatment, such as cefixime. It can play a therapeutic role in treating pediatric bronchopneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae infection.Azithromycin can also be used, which can play an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial role in bronchopneumonia caused by mycoplasma and chlamydia infection.

(2) Symptomatic treatment: children with pediatric bronchopneumonia usually have cough symptoms, which can be treated with phlegm-reducing drugs such as ambroxol and ambroterol, and can be treated by aerosol inhalation when wheezing is more severe. In children with hypokalaemia, potassium should be given promptly. Children with hypoxia and low partial pressure of oxygen need to be given oxygen in time to increase blood oxygen concentration.

Treatment tips: It is recommended that children should be treated under the guidance of regular medical institutions and professional doctors, and do not use drugs without permission, so as not to delay the condition.