Mothers’ Perception and Healthcare Seeking Behavior of Pneumonia Children in Rural Bangladesh

Table 1

Local terminology for clinical features of pneumonia and other related diseases.

Terminology:
Clinical features:
Fever-jor
Cough-kashi
Sneezing-hachi
Noisy cough-dom dom shobdo kore
Noisy breathing-ghor ghor shobdo kore
Running nose-nak diye pani pore
Red skin rashes-lal lal gota
Difficult breathing-shash tante or shash nite koshto hoi or; nishash tante koshto
Rapid breathing-ghono ghono shash tane
Chest retractions-buk debe jai, buk venge jai
Convulsion-khichuni; Fever with shivering-kapuni diye jor; Lethargic-Netiye pore
Diseases:
Common cold-thanda; Asthma-hapani
Heart disease-harter oshukh
Other Terms:
Cold (disease, food/drink, temperature)
Cold to touch-(hat paa thanda)
Changing of body color (bluish or black)-gayer rong nil,; kalo hoye jay