Pneumonia in children (Rerun)
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
Focus on pneumonia in children. This infection of the lungs is caused either by bacteria, viruses or fungi.
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According to the WHO, pneumonia is responsible for 15% of the total number of deaths in children under 5. Chills, fever, heavy cough, rapid and difficult breathing, loss of appetite, chest pain or stomach pain are the main signs.
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With:
- Prof. Ralph Epaud, Head of the Pediatrics Department, responsible for the Reference Center for Rare Respiratory Diseases and the Resource and Skills Center for Cystic Fibrosis, at the Inter-municipal Hospital Center of Créteil
- Pr Mamadou Ba, pediatrician-pulmonologist, former head of the Emergency Department and Pulmonology at the Albert Royer de Fann Children's Hospital, in Dakar, Senegal and president of the Senegalese Association of Pediatric Pulmonology (ASEPP).
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