How to diagnose bronchitis in children? Do children with bronchitis need to be hospitalized?

After the baby is born, the body's immunity is poor, and it is easy to be infected by bacteria and viruses, causing respiratory diseases. Winter is the peak season for pediatric bronchitis, so more attention should be paid to the baby's living environment.

Generally speaking, if a baby has bronchitis, he or she may have long-term and recurrent coughs, especially if the child coughs frequently in the morning and evening. In this case, the sputum coughed up by the baby is mostly white and sticky, or foamy, and in severe cases, there may even be mucopurulent sputum. In addition, some children with bronchitis may also wheeze and cry.

The symptoms of infant tracheitis are mostly caused by infection of the upper respiratory tract. Some children may develop the disease rapidly, while others may develop it slowly. This type of disease is often caused by the child's decreased body resistance. After being infected by viruses, bacteria and other substances, acute inflammation such as bronchitis will occur. If you want to confirm the diagnosis, it is recommended to go to a pediatric hospital for examination.

When a baby has bronchopneumonia, whether he needs to be hospitalized depends on the severity of the disease and the factors causing the respiratory infection. After a systematic examination, if the baby's condition is relatively mild and the symptoms are not obvious, there is no need for hospitalization. Just intravenous infusion in the outpatient clinic, combined with oral medication, nebulization and other treatment methods, the child can usually recover in 1-2 weeks. If the child's bronchopneumonia is more serious, it cannot be treated only in the outpatient clinic, and the child should be hospitalized for systematic treatment.

1. Chest X-ray examination: thickening of lung texture or normal, with occasional thickening of hilar shadows. Severe bronchitis is difficult to distinguish from early pneumonia. If you hear deeper rales or crepitus, and the rales do not significantly decrease after coughing, pneumonia should be considered and a chest X-ray examination should be performed to confirm the diagnosis.

2. Blood biochemical examination: The total number of peripheral blood leukocytes is normal or low. When the infection is caused by bacteria or combined with bacterial infection, the total number of leukocytes is increased and the neutrophilia increases.

The onset is relatively acute, with early cold symptoms, such as coughing and sneezing. After 1 to 2 days, the cough worsens, and paroxysmal dyspnea, wheezing, pale complexion, cyanosis of the lips, and concave signs appear. The early signs of the lungs are mainly wheezing, followed by wet sounds. When the symptoms are severe, they may be accompanied by congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, hypoxic encephalopathy, and water and electrolyte disorders. The body temperature generally does not exceed 38.5℃, and the course of the disease is 1 to 2 weeks.