Pediatric pneumonia

Pneumonia is severe in the lungs due to the invasion of various pathogens or other causes.

The common pathogens of pediatric pneumonia are mainly mycoplasma, chlamydia, bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa, etc., and the corresponding clinical manifestations will be different depending on the etiology and disease.

The common manifestations of pneumonia in children are: fever, cough, dyspnea, and obvious abnormalities in the lungs are found by X-ray examination. According to the different causes of its onset, the specific clinical manifestations also have their own characteristics, such as the onset of Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia is relatively acute and rapid, and the condition is more serious, and children will have empyema and pneumothorax in a short period of time.

In children, although the condition is more serious, the signs of the child are relatively mild, and the child may have an irritating cough.

In addition, the severity of the specific disease is different, and the corresponding clinical manifestations are also different, mild pneumonia is mainly manifested by the respiratory system, and there are no systemic symptoms, but severe pneumonia in addition to respiratory manifestations, systemic symptoms are also more obvious, pneumonia combined with heart failure will suddenly appear heart rate, rapid breathing, but the amount of urine is relatively small.

If toxic encephalopathy is present, irritability, lethargy, coma, and even neurological features may occur, while cerebrospinal fluid examination reveals no obvious signs of the brain other than excessive pressure.