According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2016, more than 600,000 children die each year from pneumonia. Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in 15 percent of children under 5 years of age.
Around 2.5 million people worldwide, including children and adults, died of the disease in 2019.
Lung disease is also the leading cause of death in covid. Therefore, pneumonia should not be taken lightly under any circumstances, said UNICEF physician Kaninika Mitra.
According to Kaninika, in addition to preventing this infection of the lungs, the mortality rate should be reduced through proper treatment. For this the mother of the child and others in the family need to raise awareness. Pneumonia is responsible for 16 percent of all deaths among children under 5 in the world.
Symptoms of pneumonia
There are three main problems with pneumonia. Fever, cough and shortness of breath. It can also be accompanied by chest pain. This is called pleural pain.
Chest pain when breathing hard. At the onset of pneumonia is a dry cough. Later on, he got cold with cough. There may be blood in the cold.
Many times dark red blood comes out.
Other symptoms of pneumonia include headache, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, extreme weakness, chills and fever.
What to do
Pneumonia vaccine is needed to prevent this disease. In addition, general hygiene practices such as hygiene and hand washing can prevent pneumonia infections.
There is also a risk of lung infections from home cooking or cooking smoke, cigarette smoke, and dust. So you have to stay away from these.
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