Reasons Behind Increasing Cases Of Pneumonia In Kids
Reasons Behind Increasing Cases Of Pneumonia In Kids. Be it kids, the old or the youthful, everybody’s wellbeing is getting impacted nowadays. Normal cold, which ordinarily got restored inside three to five days, presently takes more time to fix.
Because of expanding contamination, trouble in breathing has expanded by around 15%.
Due to increasing pollution, the amount of people reaching hospitals.They are complaining of difficulty in breathing. It has increased by about 15 per cent.
Khayati , a resident of Noida’s Sector 110, said that her 7-year-old daughter has been sick with cold, and faces difficulty in breathing since the past few months. She added that they visited several doctors who prescribed different medicines but to no avail.
Children are falling prey to pneumonia due to increase in cold and pollution. Those who have not been vaccinated are at a greater risk of falling ill.
Pediatricians said that children suffering from pneumonia are being admitted in the OPD and that identification of its symptoms in time can ensure treatment to save them.
They said that children need special care in the winter season as they are at a larger risk of pneumonia.
Pollution And Cold Are Reasons
They suggested that some preventive measures that can be taken to ensure children’s safety are to keep them fully clothed and to keep their ears covered to protect them from cold.
Specialists added that wheezing in the chest can be a sign of pneumonia in children.
Most children below the age of five face difficulty in breathing and drinking milk due to pneumonia.
They are susceptible to various other problems like fever, ear infection, diarrhoea and measles which is a highly contagious disease caused by the measles virus.
Vaccination is highly effective in preventing measles.
Droplets spread in the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. When a healthy person breathes them in, they become infected.
Regular vaccination of children was affected during the pandemic which resulted in their course of vaccine remaining uncompleted.
Lung infection is caused by bacteria, virus and fungal infection. Cold, on the other hand, is a type of allergy, which results in a runny nose and mucus in the throat.
