Infants and young children have a higher probability of developing pneumonia compared to teenagers and adults. Some babies may develop pneumonia when they have a cold or high fever, and pneumonia poses a great threat to their children's health. Therefore, it is very important for parents to have knowledge of the symptoms of infant pneumonia. When a baby develops similar symptoms, they can be immediately taken to the hospital for timely treatment in order to minimize the harm. What are the symptoms of pneumonia in a two-year-old baby?
The clinical symptoms of pneumonia in a two-year-old baby mainly manifest in two aspects. On the one hand, it is systemic. For example, the most common symptom is that the baby has a high fever, which lasts for two or three days and does not subside. Taking antipyretic drugs is also ineffective. However, infants who are young will not have a high fever when they get pneumonia. Apart from having a high fever, their mental state is particularly poor, they are listless, and they do not eat anything.
On the other hand, babies may also experience some local symptoms, which are very similar to a common cold. Babies may cough, have a runny nose, and sometimes cough up phlegm. Severe babies may experience difficulty breathing due to persistent coughing that affects their breathing. At night, babies cannot lie flat when sleeping because they feel short of breath, have poor sleep quality, and the symptoms continue to worsen without relief.
However, although symptoms such as fever and cough may be comorbidities of childhood pneumonia in clinical practice, it does not necessarily mean that the baby has pneumonia and must seek further diagnosis from a doctor at the hospital.
