Spike in Child Pneumonia Cases Alarms St. Louis Urgent Cares – What Parents Need to Know!

Urgent care doctors in Missouri have seen a concerning trend in recent pneumonia cases: more children are coming in suffering from the dangerous lung infection.

Dr. Molly Spire with Total Access Urgent Care said families she's seen from around the St. Louis region recently have been worried.

"When the fevers are 103, 104, with rotating Tylenol and ibuprofen, and are having difficulty with it coming down or when your child is having obvious symptoms of shortness of breath and difficulty breathing, it is quite scary," Spire said.