The symptoms of a cold and pneumonia are similar, how to quickly tell if the baby s cough and runny

I'm a firm believer that there are a lot of people who have experienced pneumonia when they were young. Many mothers are taking care of their children, and the whole process is also prone to difficulties, and the children often have dry coughs. If your baby has been coughing at the age of 3 months, how can you properly tell if your baby's cough is pneumonia or fever and cold?

From the basic point of view, if the baby often has a dry cough, from the number of their heartbeats to distinguish, when he has a dry cough with fever and runny nose and other symptoms, and the number of heartbeats will not produce a very abnormal situation, this is a cold symptom.

In the whole process of the child's cough, the number of heartbeats is also very special, this is pneumonia, and the baby's heartbeat will be significantly accelerated. And for the baby, the younger it is, the more likely it is to get pneumonia. Because when older children experience fever, cold, cough, at most, it will cause bronchitis or acute bronchitis, and for children, they will have high fever, dry cough and even pneumonia.

Especially for those particularly young babies, if they are contaminated with pneumonia, the mortality rate is very high if they are not diagnosed and treated in time. Among very young children, if the child's physical fitness is particularly weak, and there are diseases such as iron deficiency anemia and lack of nutrition, such children will be more likely to get pneumonia than other children of the same age. And because of the arrival of autumn or winter colds, such times are particularly prone to pneumonia, which is usually caused by fever and cold or acute bronchitis.

Therefore, in order to determine whether your child has pneumonia, first distinguish their inhalation. Generally speaking, babies with pneumonia have a very difficult time breathing, and it is often accompanied by a lack of oxygen, so for them, the heartbeat will be accelerated, and the energy will be insufficient. It can also tell whether the baby is suffering from pneumonia from the severe level of the baby's cough, the amount of body temperature, the length of time of high fever, or phlegm and runny nose.

Pneumonia in young children has the same symptoms as a cold, but there are differences. The main symptoms of the two are nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, fever, etc. The differences are:

1. Although the cold and cough are very violent, it is easy to cough up the phlegm if there is not much phlegm, and the cough of children with pneumonia is intense and frequent, the phlegm is more and thicker, and there will be wheezing, dyspnea and other manifestations.

2. The common cold can generally be relieved in three to five days, and the possibility of pneumonia needs to be considered after a long time.

3. Colds have throat congestion and swollen tonsils, but lung breath sounds and chest X-ray examination are generally normal. Auscultation of pneumonia may show crackles in the lungs, and chest x-ray may show shadows.

4. The child has a high fever for a few days and the effect of taking medicine is not good, indicating that there is a possibility of pneumonia. The child's spirit recovers faster after the cold and fever subside.

In general, babies with pneumonia breathe faster and faster, which is often referred to medically as "shortness of breath." The common cold does not have symptoms such as shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. When taking your baby to the hospital, the doctor will use a stethoscope to listen to the baby's lungs, which is actually to listen to breath sounds.

If your baby's lungs sound clean and there are no murmurs at all, i.e. the sound of exhalation and inhalation, there is no lung infection. If your baby's lungs hear a "goo" "goo" sound, like the sound of bubbles when water is boiling, this is an important sign of inflammation in your baby's lungs.

Watch your child's temperature. If your child has a persistent fever for a long time, sometimes chills, it is caused by pneumonia.

To distinguish whether a child has pneumonia, parents should observe whether the child has symptoms of fever and constant coughing. Observe the child's mental state and whether there is any leakage after drinking milk. If none of the above children have any of the above symptoms, it is confirmed that the children have not yet had pneumonia.

Virus** symptoms: In addition to dry cough, babies generally have blocked noses, runny noses, and sneezing recently, which may be accompanied by fever.

Continuation time: generally not for a long time, generally about a week, during which there will be a whole process of aggravation to reduction; Dry cough can be mild or severe, but it is not easy to have a barking dry cough, a hoarse throat, and a panting; According to the physical examination, the doctor is not prone to other positive signs except for the red throat; If a chest x-ray is taken, it is not easy to see significant blotchy dark shadows.

Pneumonia symptoms: In addition to dry cough, fever generally occurs, and strong will continue to occur breathing fatigue, shortness of breath, lack of energy and other symptoms; Dry cough can be mild or severe, and can last for a long or short time; According to the doctor's examination, crackles can be heard in the lungs, but some consolidations are more prominent. Chest x-ray usually shows a significant blotchy dark shadow, but if the disease is at the edge of the heart or even the lungs cannot be detected by CT, CT is necessary to establish it. Dry cough and pneumonia are common symptoms in children's daily life.

And because one of the most important symptoms of pneumonia is dry cough, many parents will often treat their children's pneumonia as a dry cough, which delays the best time for the treatment of children's pneumonia and seriously threatens the physical and mental health of children. Children with pneumonia often have a high fever when they cough. In addition, there are some differences between high fever caused by pneumonia and high fever caused by cough and cold.

The fever caused by pneumonia usually has a higher ambient temperature, usually above 38. In general, pneumonia often causes a sick child's mental state to decrease, and the child often becomes sleepy due to tiredness. In addition, children with pneumonia may also have a dull yellow face and purple lips.

Most of them are caused by colds. Determine whether your child has a fever and whether his diet is affected.

Nasal congestion and runny nose are likely to be symptoms of a cold, and if the baby has these symptoms, parents should take their child to the hospital for a comprehensive examination as soon as possible.

Nasal congestion and runny nose is a cold, generally speaking, only a runny nose and no cough is a cold, and a runny nose and cough, and it is very bad is pneumonia.

Most of them are caused by colds, and you can tell if your child has a fever and whether your diet is affected.

Reading guide: Cold is a common disease for infants and young children, cough, nasal congestion, sore throat and other common symptoms, but if not properly cared for, it may develop into pneumonia, high fever, rapid heartbeat, chest pain, dyspnea and other symptoms, at this time it is best to consult a doctor immediately, so as to avoid further danger.

If a young child has an upper respiratory tract infection, a low-grade fever is uncommon, but not impossible. If your child's fever reaches 38 degrees or higher, there is a good chance that pneumonia has progressed.

If you notice that your child's heart is beating faster than usual during illness, it's a good idea to take the time to monitor it. More than 100 beats per minute is considered a rapid heart rate. If this continues, it is best to seek medical attention immediately.

Pneumonia can cause a high fever. When an upper respiratory tract infection moves down into the lungs, chest tightness and pain may occur. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, not just the upper respiratory system. Pain is a sign that an upper respiratory tract infection has developed into a more serious one.

Coughing is a common symptom of upper respiratory tract infections and is designed to help the body expel mucus. However, if the cough is persistently wet and noisy, it means that it has turned into pneumonia.

Read more: Prevent your child's cold from getting worseLearn the signs of pneumonia.

If your child's cough has a slightly bloody mucus or a rusty color, this is a potential sign that secretions are coming from deep in the lungs and indicate a lower respiratory tract infection, such as pneumonia.

Patients with pneumonia often experience uncontrollable shaking of their teeth and coldness. Chills are signs of fever, and the body is struggling to regulate the temperature. It is also a sign that an upper respiratory tract infection has progressed to pneumonia.

If your child already has a cold or upper respiratory tract infection and his breathing becomes weak or labored, he may have pneumonia. This is a serious symptom and it is necessary to consult a doctor immediately to prevent further problems caused by lack of oxygen.

Extended reading: Children's colds: prevention of pneumonia and bronchitis.

When a child has a cold, the body easily loses a lot of fluid, and dehydration can make his symptoms worse. Therefore, you should help your child to drink plenty of fluids, whether it is water, juice or soup.

Since your child may lose his appetite or even be unable to chew solid food because of a red and swollen throat, you should prepare liquid foods such as porridge, milk, juice, etc. to supplement his nutrition.

Because a cold can cause your child to be very tired, and many symptoms will make him very unwell. Therefore, you should give him plenty of rest to recover from the cold as soon as possible.

Judging by the symptoms of cough.

Tests are required.

In addition, if there is no abnormality in the examination, it is a normal appearance, but if there is an abnormality, it is necessary to take a chest X-ray or X-ray to confirm the diagnosis. Every baby is very fragile in life, so parents must need to pay special attention, and when encountering such situations, they need to understand some of the baby's conditions, so as to ensure that the baby will not have some problems because of our own negligence.

To determine whether the baby has a common cold cough or pneumonia, it is necessary to conduct a physical examination and auscultation by a doctor to check whether there are abnormal breath sounds, and can also be confirmed by chest X-ray. If the baby has a fever for a long time or has a cough and difficulty breathing after a cold, it may be the cause of pneumonia, and relevant laboratory tests are needed before the final diagnosis of pneumonia patients need to be anti-infected**.

If the baby's cough will get better every few days, it should be caused by a cold, but if the baby has been coughing constantly, and it is accompanied by some particularly serious symptoms, this is pneumonia.

When the baby is sick and coughing, you can observe the frequency of his cough, if it is particularly frequent, it may be pneumonia, and vice versa.

It is recommended that parents should take their children to the hospital for treatment, so that the doctor can help you judge the condition and give the correct plan to avoid delaying the condition.

Analysis: Colds are mainly caused by upper respiratory tract infections, while pneumonia is mainly caused by lower respiratory tract infections. Therefore, it can be distinguished by clinical manifestations, such as colds are usually accompanied by symptoms such as cough, sore throat, and sneezing.

Patients with pneumonia usually have cough and sputum production, chest tightness, wheezing, and chest pain.

When the baby is sick and coughs, you should judge whether the baby has a cold or pneumonia. You have to find a doctor to judge. Generally speaking, the cough of pneumonia is very severe, and the cough will not stop.

If you have a fever, cough, increased respiratory rate or a change in the rhythm of your breathing, or a sound in your lungs, you have inflammation of your lungs.

The number of fever days is more than 7 days, which usually indicates that pneumonia is more likely, and the general cold fever is less than 7 days. A dry cough is strong and usually cannot be described as coughing with phlegm. The main manifestation of cardiac rate and respiratory strain, usually pneumonia, is usually pneumonia, whereas fever and cold usually do not have the main manifestation of dyspnea.

Auscultation of the lungs has rales, fever and cold have no rales. Pneumonia usually has an abnormality, but it is not certain, some pneumonia is normal, fever and cold generally do not need to be taken, but if it is suspicious, it can also be cleared.

It is true that it is difficult to distinguish between pneumonia and fever and cold in the early stage, and it is usually accompanied by an increase in the severity of the disease, and the manifestations will gradually become significant, and can only be distinguished when typical symptoms and signs occur. For example, a child's dry cough does not resolve over time, but gradually worsens, accompanied by increased inhalation (in babies less than 2 months of age, the number of heartbeats is 60 minutes; 2 months to 12 months of age, the number of heartbeats is 50 minutes; 1 year old to 5 years old, heart rate 40 minutes; 5 years old, heartbeat 20 minutes), at this moment, considering the possibility of pneumonia, it is necessary to seek medical attention immediately and follow the doctor's instructions.

Pneumonia is generally caused by the influence of viral infection, germs, chlamydia, etc., and the cause of the disease is determined first and then treated. For example, pneumonia caused by bacterial ** must be treated with oral antibiotics according to the doctor's instructions; Patients whose condition deteriorates must be hospitalized, and if patients are unable to cooperate with oral medication due to deterioration, they must be treated with intravenous drugs, and can also be treated with oral medication when their condition improves.

Typical pneumonia can manifest as fever, dry cough, panting, rapid breathing and other symptoms. The physician auscultates the lungs and can hear prominent crackles, and if the lung is computed to CT, he can see significant blotchy dark shadows. The diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia depends on the details of the child's condition, to choose internal or intravenous**, and the situation is very likely to require hospitalization.

Therefore, when the child's illness is only suspected of the virus, no antibiotics are used**, and at the same time, it is necessary to closely observe the changes in the condition, if the condition must be treated in time, and if necessary, further examination assistance and identification.