Can cough in children become pneumonia?

Children cough generally does not cause pneumonia, but pneumonia can lead to children cough.

Pneumonia is considered to be caused by bacterial infection, viral infection, foreign body inhalation and other factors. Children cough is a symptom that does not invade alveoli, distal airways and lung interstitium, so it usually does not cause pneumonia. However, pneumonia patients lung parenchyma is stimulated by inflammatory factors, leading to tracheal and bronchial spasm, which can cause cough. Children can also be accompanied by fever, wheezing, shortness of breath, dyspnea and other symptoms.

If children cough frequently, parents need to take their children to the hospital for physical examination, blood routine, etiological examination, etc. to confirm the diagnosis.