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What Is The Treatment Of Pneumonia In Children ?
my 3 year old son has a seizure secondary to pneumonia a month ago, after discharge from the hospital he was still coughing. after 30 days have pass and i ask his pediatrician to do an xray again. it shows his having pneumonia again? what will i do? what medicines should he take? im very worried...please help
Tue, 21 Jul 2015
You need to treat the pneumonia with antibiotics, get chest physiotherapy done everyday so the secretions can be coughed out, he needs regular back to back nebulization till his chest clears out.
Make sure you complete the antibiotic course as advised.
I hope this helped. :)
Make sure you complete the antibiotic course as advised.
I hope this helped. :)
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