What are the symptoms of pneumonia and jaundice in infants?
Dr Neelam Mohan
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist,
Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist,
Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Q: How can we recognise that an infant is suffering from pneumonia and jaundice? What are the remedies?
A:A patient with pneumonia will have cough, +/- respiratory distress, +/- fever. Remedy is based on symptoms and the diagnosis - e.g. would be different for viral / bacterial/ tuberculosis etc. Infant with jaundice will have yellow colour of eye sclera with or without dark urine +/- clay stool.