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What are the symptoms of pneumonia and jaundice in infants?
Question
How can we recognise that an infant is suffering from pneumonia and jaundice? What are the remedies?
Expert Answer
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Dr Neelam MohanNov 11, 2005
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist,
Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
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.