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What Causes Recurrent Pneumonia In A Child?

My daughter is 6 years old and has pneumonia again. This is her third time. Last time she had it in October of 2010, was hospitilized for 8 days with a chest tube. Since October she has had strep as well. Last night she started coughing and had a fever of 102.5. Took her to the Dr today, they did a chest xray and she has pneumonia in her right lung. She said we caught it early but why the heck did she get it again? She said after she gets better she will run some immune tests on her. I am really worried.
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Recurrent pneumonia defined as 2 or more in 1 year or 3 episode ever.if your child is having recurrent pneumonia of cource you should go for immunological test as well as ct scan chest to look for any anatomical problems.
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What Causes Recurrent Pneumonia In A Child?

Recurrent pneumonia defined as 2 or more in 1 year or 3 episode ever.if your child is having recurrent pneumonia of cource you should go for immunological test as well as ct scan chest to look for any anatomical problems.