Hello doctor. My baby is 3 months old now. At 1 month old, the baby had pneumonia. From the time of pneumonia until now, the baby recurred 3 times and coughed continuously for 2 months. I took her to the doctor and was diagnosed with pneumonia and gastroesophageal reflux disease. I want to ask the doctor, how to distinguish when it is a wheezing cough due to pneumonia and when it is due to reflux? Thank you doctor.

Pneumonia is a very common disease in young children, this disease can cause many dangerous complications for the child's respiratory system later, even death. Children with pneumonia need to be treated properly at home or in the hospital depending on the condition and appropriate instructions from the doctor after examination.

The word pneumonia means infection of the lungs." Due to the infection, the small airways in the lungs become swollen and produce a lot of mucus. The mucus blocks the airways and reduces the amount of oxygen that can get into the body."

If summer is the time for the development of diseases caused by intestinal viruses, winter is the time for respiratory diseases, especially diseases caused by respiratory viruses.

Most cases of RSV infection in children are not life-threatening, however, if the child has severe symptoms such as bronchopneumonia or pneumonia, some more severe children need respiratory support.