Statistics from the respiratory department 1 of Children's Hospital 2 over the past 2 weeks show that the number of children coming to see a doctor for respiratory diseases has increased, the number of children requiring inpatient treatment has increased by 20-25% compared to last month.

Most of the hospitalized children are under 5 years old with diseases such as pneumonia, acute bronchitis, asthma, etc.

The changing weather is a favorable condition for viruses and bacteria to grow, leading to an increase in respiratory diseases.

Dr. Nguyen Hoang Phong - Head of Respiratory Department 1, Children's Hospital 2 - said that children are often hospitalized late because parents subjectively ignore the initial symptoms of the disease such as mild fever, cough, runny nose, etc.

This will affect the diagnosis and treatment process and make children susceptible to dangerous complications.

Doctor Phong recommends that as soon as children have symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, stuffy nose, etc., parents should take their children to medical facilities with pediatrics for timely examination and treatment.

Parents should never be subjective and should not arbitrarily buy medicine to treat their children. Pay special attention to signs of worsening such as rapid breathing, difficulty breathing, high fever that is difficult to reduce, refusal to breastfeed or refuse to eat...

Respiratory diseases are airborne diseases, most likely to spread in closed environments, when children return to school.