Common health threats of young children

respiratory tract infection

Acute respiratory infection, such as bronchitis and pneumonia, is a common respiratory inflammation in children. According to the survey, the incidence of infant pneumonia in China is three to five times that of developed countries, and the mortality rate is 740. 10/100000, which is 25 times that of developed countries. Infants prone to pneumonia include premature delivery, low weight, artificial feeding, congenital malformation, malnutrition, anemia, rickets and so on. Environmental pollution, climate change and contact infection are all inducing factors of pneumonia.

Digestive tract infection

Infantile diarrhea and acute gastroenteritis are common digestive tract inflammation in children. Because children's digestive tract function is not perfect and their immune function is not yet mature, digestive tract inflammation is prone to occur, which is one of the important reasons that threaten children's health. Advocate breastfeeding, and suggest that parents actually add complementary food to their children.

infectious disease

Children are at high risk of infectious diseases. Common infectious diseases in children include chicken pox, measles, polio, Japanese encephalitis, viral hepatitis, whooping cough, dysentery, scarlet fever, tuberculosis and so on. The occurrence of infectious diseases generally has the characteristics of specific pathogens and seasonal immunity, so parents should strengthen their understanding of infectious diseases in children and prevent them as soon as possible.