New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- When your child coughs or ends up with a sore throat, you may not rush them to a nearby hospital. In fact, they may be going to the school and playing outdoors with their friends. However, coughs, and sore throat may be signs of walking pneumonia, which is an informal term used for a common bacterial health condition. It is a mild form of pneumonia, a serious respiratory infection that affects the lungs. Even though walking pneumonia in kids does not necessarily call for a hospital visit, it is important to get treatment on time.

What is walking pneumonia?

Also known as atypical pneumonia, walking pneumonia is a type of lung infection. "It is a mild form of pneumonia that often affects children," says pediatrician ...