Pediatric Pneumonia: Treatment, Diet and Home Remedies

Food and Nutrition

• Breast milk or formula can be given if your child is younger than 12 months
• Whole milk can be given if your child is older than 12 months
• Warm tea, lemonade, apple juice, or chicken broth may help relax the airway and loosen the mucus
• High calorie and high protein diet like meat, fish, eggs, beans, cheese, oil, butter, salad dressing and peanut butter
• Fruits and vegetables like broccoli, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, oranges, apples and melon
• Whole grains such as breakfast cereal, whole wheat bread, pasta and rice

• Avoid white flour, white sugar, and their products
• Avoid fatty and spicy food
• All refined starch and sugar, pasteurized milk, all dairy products, all cooked foods

Home Remedies

• Necessary vaccination (influenza vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, polysaccharide vaccine)
• Breathing warm, moist (wet) air helps loosen the sticky mucus using humidifier
• Intake of lots of fluids
• Maintenance of proper hygiene