Nowadays, when children cough, the biggest concern is that they may suffer from pneumonia. Pneumonia is a common disease that requires medication and dietary adjustments during treatment. Most parents are very concerned about their children's physical condition when they are sick. Do you know that if a baby coughs heavily, it can be pneumonia?
Can a severe cough in a baby be pneumonia
From the process of coughing, we can see that if there are no problems with the lungs, coughing is impossible. In other words, the receptors in the lungs do not receive stimulation from foreign objects or inflammation, and will not produce a cough reflex.
So it is unscientific to say that coughing can damage the lungs. Only when the lungs are "damaged" can coughing occur, and there are actually many reasons for this damage. Pneumonia is one of them, which means that coughing usually occurs only when there is existing pneumonia, and not coughing can cause pneumonia. Of course, coughing may lead to inflammation of the glottis due to repeated compression of the glottis.
Does having pneumonia necessarily mean coughing
In fact, this can be traced back to the reflex arc of coughing. Any problem with the receptors in the lungs, the nerves that transmit to the brain, the corresponding cough reflex area in the brain, or the outgoing nerves that transmit signals can lead to the absence of coughing during pneumonia. For example, patients who frequently smoke may experience delayed responses in the sensory nerves of their lungs after repeated stimulation.
When pneumonia occurs, if the sensory receptors are not sensitive, there will be no obvious cough, and chronic pneumonia will also have the same effect. After repeated stimulation by inflammation, the sensitivity of the sensory receptors continues to decrease, and eventually they lose their sensory function, leading to the phenomenon of pneumonia without coughing.
Can a severe cough in a baby be pneumonia? The symptoms that occur in different people are different, and each person has a different cause. The symptoms of coughing also vary. If you want to know if you have pneumonia, you need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment. Only after being examined by a doctor can the cause be determined. The best treatment is to prescribe the right medicine, and everyone must choose a fast and effective way to help treat their illness.
