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Respiratory infections are common in young children, especially children under 5 years old. The disease can progress to pneumonia, especially when chest indrawing episodes appear. This is a dangerous sign, a manifestation of respiratory failure, and needs to be intervened as soon as possible.
1. Signs of thoracic indrawing breathing in children
Normally, when a child breathes in, the air entering the lungs causes the rib cage to expand and expand. Signs of a child breathing indented chest is when the child breathes in and finds that the lower part of the ribcage (the position where the abdomen meets the chest) is abnormally concave. This shows that the child is having difficulty breathing. Signs of chest indrawing in children will be easier to see when the child is in a quiet state. If the child is suspected of having thoracic indrawing, parents should let the child lie still, do not move, lift the child's shirt, carefully observe the entire chest of the child within a few minutes.
Some children have signs of retraction in the position of the intercostal space or the upper part of the clavicle, which is not a sign of chest indrawing.
For infants under 2 months of age, the chest wall is still immature, so it is normal to see the baby's chest concave when breathing. If the chest is deeply concave, accompanied by abnormal symptoms, difficulty breathing in the child, then it is determined that it is chest indrawing in the child with pneumonia or it may be a sign of congenital thoracic cavity disease.
2. What to do when the child coughs, pneumonia has signs of chest indrawing
Signs of chest indrawing is a warning phenomenon of severe pneumonia in children, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital as soon as possible, especially when the child has one of the dangerous signs such as:
With infants under 2 months of age: infants with chest indrawing with breastfeeding, sucking little, lethargic sleep, difficult to wake, children with fever, convulsions, wheezing With children from 2 months old to 5 years old: children refuse to eat, lethargy, hard to wake up, hissing sound. When a child shows signs of chest indrawing, shortness of breath, rapid breathing, stridor or wheezing, the child should be taken to the hospital immediately. Do not take care of your child at home or give medicine to your child without consulting a doctor. Because this can be a sign of danger that greatly affects the health of the child, even life-threatening. In fact, in Vietnam today, every year, about 4000 children die from pneumonia. Vietnam is in the list of 15 countries with the highest number of children infected with pneumonia in the world.
When a child has a cough that does not go away for a long time, especially with pneumonia, parents need to closely monitor the child, absolutely should not be subjective, to avoid possible unfortunate consequences.
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