The boy named L.N.A (9 months old, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city) was admitted to Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital in a state of fever, vomiting and rapid breathing. 2 days before, the baby started to show signs of fever, vomiting, poor feeding and was not as active as usual.
After a special examination, the child was diagnosed with severe pneumonia and was taken to the National Children's Resuscitation Center (NICU) for close monitoring. The child was given oxygen, given antibiotics and necessary tests. The results showed that the child had pneumonia.
After two days of active treatment, the baby's condition gradually stabilized, breathing more evenly, no longer having chest contractions when breathing, and blood oxygen returned to normal. After a week, the baby's fever was gone, he returned to breastfeeding well and was discharged in a healthy state.
Specialist Doctor 2 Pham Nguyen Yen Trang - Deputy Head of the Department of Pediatrics, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital - said that in young children, especially children under 1 year old, pneumonia can start without signs of coughing or runny nose. Because the child's airway is still very small and sensitive, when inflamed, they will easily swell, secretions causing congestion, causing the child to try hard to breathe, manifested as rapid breathing, rapid breathing, chest tightness every breath and reduced oxygen levels in the blood.
If detected and treated promptly, children can recover and avoid dangerous complications such as respiratory failure, lung stasis, and even life-threatening ones. Subjectivity or delays in treatment can cause the disease to progress severely, prolong treatment time and risk leaving long-term sequelae.
According to Dr. Yen Trang, parents need to pay close attention to children's unusual manifestations such as prolonged high fever, vomiting, weak sucking, stopping feeding, express breathing, chest culverts with each breath, fatigue, sluggish breathing, and little reaction. When seeing these signs, parents should take their children to a medical facility with a pediatric department as soon as possible for timely examination and treatment.
