Issues With Developed Countries
It is not surprising to learn that developed countries are also not free from the danger of being haunted by child mortality. When it happens in developing countries or under developed countries, the reasons behind high mortality rates can essentially be attributed to several different reasons excluding health concerns. This will include the socio economic set up of the country, medical policies and infrastructure of the country etc. What about developed nations including the United States and the UK? What went wrong with their socio-economic set up as well as the medial planning and infrastructure? In developed nations the reasons become different, but the outcomes are same as in developing countries, which is nothing but, the ever painful, child mortality.
Healthy body is the primary entity which will restrict disease beyond any other external factor. As a matter of fact, disease is the topmost entity to which prevention has to be made. Of course, the medical infrastructure of a region or locality has got a lot to do with this. But, serious concerns are prevailing in the developed countries as well and one of the major health issues to be addressed is acute respiratory diseases to prevent child mortality. Developed nations including the United States and the UK have good records in preventing child mortality to an extent. But, the acute respiratory diseases found in children have put forward an issue to ponder with, for the medical authorities in developed countries.
On a global basis, about twenty percentages of total infant deaths are because of the acute lower respiratory diseases. Apart from that, ninety percentage of acute lower respiratory disease is due to pneumonia. In developed countries, the major percentage of child mortality is due to acute lower respiratory disease. Among all respiratory diseases, pneumonia stands out as a strong reason and factor behind child mortality.
The organisms which cause acute respiratory diseases may be viral organisms or bacterial organisms. Anyways, it is hard to differentiate between the two types of organisms that actually cause the disease. Children living in an overcrowded locality or the children who are suffering from malnutrition are likely to get affected by pneumonia or other acute respiratory disease. Also, the children who are not breast-fed may also fall in this category.
What makes it hard in young infants who are less than two months of age is the difficulty in identifying the symptoms or signs of acute respiratory disease. It is too hard to differentiate between respiratory diseases like pneumonia and meningitis. If young infants less than two months of age are found breathing hard, they are likely to have a serious bacterial infection which should be consulted immediately. This symptom can be counted as one of the prominent symptoms of acute lower respiratory disease. Special care has to be taken in keeping the kid active. Doctors always recommend that kids, affected with acute lower respiratory diseases should be kept warm and breast feeding should be done quite frequently. If un noticed, it could bring detrimental effects. As a matter of facts, acute respiratory diseases should be controlled to reduce child mortality.