Pneumonia Symptoms: Winter season is fun but from health point of view this season becomes quite risky for children and elderly people. Due to weak immunity, children and elderly people are at risk of pneumonia due to lung infection in this season. In this season, along with pneumonia, other respiratory diseases also attack the body quickly. In such a situation, every year in this season, patients of pneumonia and respiratory diseases increase in hospitals. Let us know what are the symptoms of Pneumonia and what kind of measures you can take to avoid this disease.
symptoms of pneumonia
Health experts say that pneumonia is a serious lung infection whose victims are small children, weak people and elderly people. Pneumonia infection occurs when the lungs become inflamed due to the virus and the lungs become filled with water. Its main symptoms include fever, cough and fatigue. The patient has a cough with mucus. Along with fever comes sweating and shivering. There is difficulty in breathing and a strange wheezing sound comes from the lungs while breathing. There is chest pain, appetite decreases or stops. The color of the lips and nails of a child suffering from pneumonia starts appearing blue. Along with children, the elderly are also at greater risk of pneumonia because their immune system is weak. Especially the elderly suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure need to take more exercise to protect themselves from pneumonia in this season.
What measures can be taken to prevent pneumonia?
Health experts say that prevention is better than treatment and in such a situation, parents can take many effective measures to protect children from pneumonia. During the winter season, keep children dressed in warm clothes to protect them from cold. If the child is being given antibiotics, then get the complete course done. Take full care of cleanliness around the child. Be sure to get the child vaccinated for pneumonia. If the child has cold then apply Vicks on his chest and put him to sleep. Give children exposure to sunlight for some time, this provides warmth to the child’s body. When small children urinate, keep checking them from time to time instead of leaving them wet for a long time. During this time, keep the child wearing a diaper so that his body remains dry.
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