As a rule, inflammation in the lung tissues is accompanied by a pronounced symptomatology, but despite this, it is not always possible for doctors to immediately suspect that something is wrong, because the signs of the disease are similar to those of a conventional acute respiratory disease. Here are just the consequences of untimely begun treatment of pneumonia in children, often the most deplorable.
Possible causes of pneumonia in children
In medicine, the causative agents of the disease are considered to be bacteria, such as pneumococci, or all known staphylococci and streptococci, which begin to actively multiply and act when the body's immune forces are weakened. Therefore, pneumonia is not considered a primary ailment, but a consequence of various injuries, poisonings or diseases caused by viral agents. In addition, recently more and more cases are recorded where the inflammatory process develops as a result of infection with chlamydia, mycoplasma and some pathogenic fungi. Very rarely, pneumonia develops due to freezing.
Classification of the disease
By type of localization or degree of lung damage, distinguish:
- segmental pneumonia;
- share;
- focal;
- total.
Depending on the place of localization, pneumonia in children can be: one-sided (right-sided or left-sided) or two-sided, that is, the process captures either one lung, or both.
The etiology of the causative agent, the localization of the process and the severity of the disease are the main factors in choosing a treatment that is selected exclusively by the doctor. Children who are diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia as well as crumbs up to three years old, irrespective of the severity of the disease, should be hospitalized.
With regard to drugs: the treatment of pneumonia in children is not without antibiotics or antiviral medicines, in cases when the disease is caused by chlamydia or mycoplasma.