Fluid In The Lungs Of Babies Aged 11 Months Accompanied By Cold Sweat

, my child is 11 months old, is coughing, and has been absent, the result is fluid in the lungs. From yesterday afternoon my child was in cold sweat. Going to the hospital was afraid because there were a lot of corona viruses. Is my child’s cold sweat dangerous
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Lung fluid in children can also be included into the wet lungs, this condition indicates that the lungs are experiencing inflammation caused by fluid retention in the lung tissue. Symptoms arising from this situation are:
- Shortness of breath
- Fever, chills to cold sweat
- Tired like having no energy
- Dry cough or sputum
- Decreased appetite
In children, breathing will usually look faster and sound, and usually the child will be difficult to eat and drink. The cause of lung fluid can be caused by several conditions such as:
- Bacterial infection = streptococcus pneumonia is the most common bacterial cause of lung infections, those of other causes are haemophilus influenza and staphylococcus aureus
- Viral infection = can cause flu, bronchitis and bronchiolitis. Usually most often regarding toddlers, this type of condition is usually lighter and can heal itself at weeks 1-3 without treatment, but can also become more severe.
- Fungal infections = usually occurs in low immunity and chronic health problems
Other causes include pleural effusion and aspiration aspiration. The presence of complaints of cold sweat on your child, is one of the symptoms arising from a lung infection, you should still monitor your child's temperature, if the body temperature is more than 38 degrees Celsius, give fever-lowering drugs according to the dose given by the doctor, and keep consuming other medicines after the doctor's advice. Also meet your child's nutritional needs, if your child is still breastfed, keep breastfeeding because breast milk has many benefits, one of which is increasing body immunity, be diligent in washing your hands before you touch your child, and stay away from people who are experiencing complaints of coughing colds. If the complaint does not seem to improve, breathing looks fast and your child's sleep makes noise until the fever does not subside you should consult a doctor.
But in situations where the corona virus is spreading rapidly, if not accompanied by needs and urgency you should stay at home, or take care of yourself so as not to be exposed to the virus, if there are complaints such as sore throats that get worse for more than 2 weeks, accompanied by more fever from 38 degrees Celsius, coughs, colds that do not heal until there is a feeling of tightness or difficulty breathing, even though you have tried to take medicine, then you should check yourself to the doctor, for further examination.
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