Is lobar acute pneumonia serious in children?

Lobar pneumonia is divided according to the location of pathological involvement, pneumonia lesions involving one lung segment or more of pneumonia is called lobar pneumonia, the area involved in the general inflammation is relatively large, so the disease is relatively serious, and the treatment process is relatively long.

Most of the pathogenic bacteria include Mycoplasma pneumoniae, streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, adenovirus, etc., and can be accompanied by complications such as pleural effusion, atelectasis, and empyema. In severe cases, secondary pulmonary fibrosis can occur, causing interstitial lung disease, resulting in dyspnea, shortness of breath, and decreased lung function.

For example, mycoplasma pneumonia, if mycoplasma pneumonia progresses relatively quickly, it can cause necrotizing pneumonia, and even bronchitis obliterans will form in the later stage, which is also a relatively serious disease.

Therefore, for children with mycoplasma pneumonia, it is necessary to actively treat them to avoid the formation of sequelae in the later stage and avoid further damage to the child in the future. If it is lobar pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus, because the pneumonia caused by this type of bacteria is easy to cause sepsis, and even pneumothorax develops rapidly, and it is very easy to have dyspnea and respiratory failure.

Therefore, once found, it should be actively treated so as not to delay the child's condition.