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Acute cough is often more mild. For example, because the flu, inflammation (faringitis), or hiccup. A child will get flu, cough, or faringitis about 5 to 6 times a year. This is normal, but the cough is not more than 14 days in one episode.
Although lightweight, but parents should alerted. Because it is a disease that marked by acute coughs, such as pneumonia.
Pneumonia is an inflammation or infection of the lungs often caused by germs or bacteria. At the age of children less than 5 years and can even cause death.
Note the addition to cough; pneumonia is also often marked by shortness of breath, high fever and chest wall pulling into the bottom. But the most major is blown. Children under the age of 2 months, the frequency can not be winded more than 60 times per minute.
For child age 2-12 months, the frequency-winded 50 times per minute and the 1-5 year age-winded frequency 40 times per minute.
Children under the age of 2 months the frequency winded more than 60 times per minute should be taken to the doctor, because he was likely suffering from pneumonia.
The cause of acute cough may be due to infection, either because of infection due to bacteria or viruses. Infection that caused by bacteria is often marked by high fever, throat such as red and swollen. Or if the blood is examined, leukocyte or white blood cells increased. Thus, it must be treated with antibiotics. Consult with your doctor immediately if you find such a condition.
