2-month-old baby coughing prolonged subjective mother caused her to fall into critical condition, regret it was late

The parents of the children said that when the child was 17 days old, the child appeared to cough a lot, coughing endlessly, wheezing many families taking the baby to a local hospital for 14 days but the condition was getting worse. The family was extremely worried, so she applied for a transfer to take her to Hung Vuong hospital for treatment.

With typical clinical signs such as persistent coughing, continuous cough with blush gradually turns purple and test results, subclinical doctors diagnose children with lobar pneumonia in the right lung on the disease Whooping cough.

Direct treatment for pediatric patients Dr. Ly Lan Huong said: The patient is a typical case of pertussis with specific manifestations, pediatric patients with pneumonia complications due to incorrect treatment regimen long. Currently, children are treated according to the treatment protocol for pertussis. After 5 days of active treatment the condition of the disease is now more stable, the cough is short and the lung condition is progressing well.

According to the doctor, the patient is in a group of children at high risk of whooping cough due to not being vaccinated against pertussis. Pertussis if not detected and treated promptly will cause dangerous complications for children such as pneumonia, increased pulmonary arterial pressure, cardiovascular complications leading to respiratory failure and possibly death.

Experts warn signs of children with pneumonia as follows:

Fever : High fever with dry cough, chest pain, difficulty breathing, convulsions and shortness of breath are signs of pneumonia in children.

Cough : A typical symptom of pneumonia is cough. Your baby may have a dry cough or a productive cough when they have pneumonia.

Chest tightness : Chest tightness is one of the signs of pneumonia. When you have a tightness, your baby's chest is likely to hurt around the ribs when breathing and coughing. Parents should ask where their pain is to help diagnose it.

Rapid breathing : Pneumonia causes rapid breathing in young children. If your baby is 2 to 12 months old and has more than 50 breaths per minute or 1-5 years old and has more than 40 breaths per minute, parents need to take the baby to the hospital as soon as possible.