Today is World Health Day and although times are really turbulent across the planet, You have to look ahead and think that with patience and calm the famous coronavirus will end up disappearing and everyone will be able to return to an absolutely normal life. The coronavirus especially affects older people with previous pathologies, although it can occur in anyone including children.
However, there is another series of really serious diseases since they are the ones that cause the most deaths of children every year throughout the planet. Do not lose detail of them and do everything possible to prevent them and prevent them from putting your child's life in danger.
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is also known as the disease of infection in the lungs and usually kills one million children a year. Pneumonia is a condition that can be cured but if the proper treatment is followed. On many occasions, the little ones present a series of quite clear symptoms of this disease, but the parents do not end up giving it the importance it deserves.
In such cases the little one ends up getting worse, even dying. Apart from this, it is very important to put the child vacuna against pneumococcus since in this way you have much less chance of getting sick from pneumonia.
Diarrhea
Diarrhea typically accounts for 9% of deaths in children under 5 years of age worldwide. The causes of diarrhea are usually stomach infections, taking antibiotics or suffering from some type of condition such as colds or colds.
Although at first it may not be too serious, the truth is that diarrhea can cause the death of a young child. That is why it is advisable to go quickly to the doctor in the event that the minor suffers an episode of diarrhea. In many cases the little one ends up dehydration due to the lack of fluids leading to the fatal outcome. When faced with diarrhea, it is essential that the child is perfectly hydrated.
Malaria
The third disease that causes the most deaths in children is malaria. The symptoms of malaria are very similar to those of pneumonia, so it is sometimes very difficult to make an accurate diagnosis. This is vital since the treatment is not adequate and the minor ends up losing his life. This type of disease is one of the main causes of anemia in children. To avoid malaria, it is important to put mosquito nets in the children's rooms since it is a condition that is caused by the bite of a mosquito.
Malnutrition
The fourth disease that causes the most deaths in children each year is due to malnutrition in children. The data are shocking and it is that about 3 million children end up dying each year due to the lack of nutrients in the daily diet. During the first 6 months of life, a baby feeds exclusively on breast milk, but from the sixth month on, he must eat other types of food that provide a quantity of nutrients that the body needs to function correctly and optimally.
It is very important to follow a diet in children that is rich in nutrients such as iron and folic acid.. During the first three years of the child's life it is essential that they eat a lot of iron, otherwise they can become anemic and impair their physical and mental development.
These are the four diseases that cause the most deaths in children today. Therefore, it is important to be very careful and in the event of any clear symptoms, go to the nearest pediatrician.