Recurring pneumonia in 3 year old child

[writer78]

My son has pneumonia for the second time. First time, the doctor noted traces of pneumonia in his chest and gave him Amox for 10 days. He was fine for another 10 days and got it back. This time, he got better only with IV antibiotics. He was ok for another 10 months with on and off colds, but this time he developed pneumonia again and had to be treated with oral antibiotics. I want to know if there is anyway to help prevent reccurence of pneumonia? Will there be any damage to his lungs because of reccurence of pneumonia? Is his immune system weak? Please help me.

[kaedae02]

I wish my daughter was only on her 2nd bout. My daughter is going to be 3 in March and a few months ago had her medically confirmed 6th bout of pneumonia...no idea why she is getting them but now we are looking into an allergist and a lung specialst to see what the problem is. Hopefully all of you find the problem and if you do let me know maybe its something my daughters doctors didn't think about
Korina

[Linda111]

See if your doctor will recommend a CT scan to look for bronchiectasis or an abnormality.  And I believe, if there are chronic lung infections, it can damage the lungs so you need to be proactive and find out what is causing the problem.  Linda

[TKMumma]

I'm hearing you both... My four year old ended up in ICU last June with pneumonia, he has just had his second bout. i am questioning every mothering bone in me as to why this has happened twice? am now on a mission to see what i can do to stop it happening again.. last time he was treated IV in hospital, this time we had two different antibiodics and managed to treat it at home.

anyone help us out? nice to know we're not alone anyway.

[wellness01]

Looking for the same answer...my 3 1/2 year old son has just had his third diagnosis of traces of pneumonia that required a shot in each leg followed by oral antibiotics.  Don't know why he is susceptible to this and wondering if his room has mold or something.  He does have peanuts allergy; haven't had him tested yet for asthma susceptibility, which we've heard is possible when there are allergies.