How hormone in children with pneumonia

Adrenal cortical hormones can reduce inflammatory exudation, lifting bronchial spasm, improving the vascular wall permeability, reducing intracranial pressure, improve microcirculation. Although there are many, but such drugs also should avoid abuse, because after treatment can immunity, reduce response, the original easy to conceal the nature of the disease. Pneumonia generally do not use hormone therapy for severe bacterial pneumonia, if pathogens sensitive to antibiotics, in the following circumstances may be used hormones. (1) severe poisoning symptoms, such as shock, toxic encephalopathy, high fever (temperature of 40 ° C above persistent). (2) capillary bronchospasm clear secretions or more. (3) Early pleural effusion, in order to prevent pleurodesis can be applied locally. Hydrocortisone moderate ~ 5 times, or dexamethasone 0.15 ~ 0.25mg / kg times, dropping to intravenous glucose. Attention pneumonia in children, use of hormone not more than three days, of course, is the full application of effective antibiotic therapy on the premise use. Right viral pneumonia, general disinfectant. Because hormones can spread of the virus, the condition worsened, but event of critical illness or bronchiolitis Asthmatic heavier, it can be short-term application.