Pneumonia is taking the breath of millions of innocent people every year in the country. There has been some improvement with the vaccine to prevent pneumonia, but many children are still dying from pneumonia. Saturday is Pneumonia Awareness Day , lakhs of children are being born in the country every year but children below five years of age are still dying due to pneumonia. The shocking thing is that many children do not even celebrate their first birthday. While there is a vaccine available in the market to protect children from pneumonia.
The vaccine against pneumonia is being given free of cost in government hospitals. Due to this, there has been success in saving the innocent to a great extent. Dr. Neeraj Kumar (Pediatrician) of Felix Hospital told that pneumonia is an infection in the lungs which is caused by bacteria, fungus and virus. This causes swelling in the lungs. It gets filled with fluid. The symptoms of cold and flu are very similar. Pneumonia can happen to a person of any age. It mostly affects children up to five years of age.
Pneumonia affects children more
Dr. D.K. Gupta told that in the year 2015, 920136 children under the age of 5 years died due to pneumonia, which is 16% of the deaths of children under the age of five years. Pneumonia is easily preventable and the cause of death in children is treatable, yet one child dies from the infection every 20 seconds.
Children can be protected from the dangers of pneumonia by getting them vaccinated on time. The pneumonia vaccine is pneumococcal conjugate. This vaccine is given at one and a half months, two and a half months, three and a half months and 15 months. Pneumonia easily catches malnourished children. In winter, a small mistake can lead to pneumonia in children. Do not give anything extraneous to the children except mother's milk for six months.
take care of these things
Massage baby with lukewarm oil
cover mouth while coughing and sneezing
Dispose of used tissue immediately
protect kids from cold
dress the newborn in full clothes
Cover the head, ears and feet of the newborn
Take enough rest and a healthy diet
wash hands with soap before touching small children
Strengthen the immune system, adopt a healthy lifestyle
These are the symptoms of the disease
quick breathing
walking ribs
phlegm
cough, chest pain
High fever and difficulty in breathing
Vomiting, pain in lower abdomen and chest
tremors, muscle pain
baby unable to drink milk
chest pain when coughing
coughing up yellow, green mucus
