A 2-year-old female child was brought to a PHC with a history of cough and fever for 4 days with inability to drink for last 12 hours. On examination, the child was having weight of 5 kg and respiratory rate of 45/minute with fever. The child will be classified as suffering from: (A) Pneumonia, (B) Severe Pneumonia, (C) Very severe disease, (D) No Pneumonia
Answer is C. • Inability to feed and severe malnutrition (weight 5 kg at 2 years age) makes the child as having Very Severe Pneumonia