What should I do if I have a lung infection? What causes lung infections? What can be improved?

Updated on healthy 2024-06-21
24 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    First, select appropriate and appropriate antibiotics according to the pathogens that cause lung infections, and standardize them**. For example, the pneumonia caused by the most common pneumococcal infection should be treated with penicillin, cephalosporin and the like. For example, atypical pathogenic bacteria can be treated with macrolide antibiotics, such as azithromycin, erythromycin, etc.

    If there is a viral infection, you can choose the antiviral **.

    Second, symptomatic**. Give the patient expectorant, cough and asthma**. If the patient's sputum is large and thick, nebulized inhalation** should be carried out to keep the respiratory tract open.

    For patients with fever and fatigue, they should be given cooling and plenty of fluids. Oxygen therapy is given to patients with dyspnea, particularly those with hypoxia caused by breathing.

    Third, give traditional Chinese medicine ** to play a role in correcting.

    Fourth, the whole body support, to give patients a good rest, strengthen nutrition, encourage patients to drink more water, smoking patients must quit smoking.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    First of all, you should pay attention to rest. Drink plenty of water and eat an easy-to-digest, nutrient-dense diet. Avoid getting cold and ventilate the room. Quit smoking.

    The second is **. If the condition is severe, hospitalization should be observed**. The commonly used methods are as follows:

    For ** medications. For example, if it is caused by a bacterial infection, a sensitive antibiotic should be chosen. If it is caused by a viral infection, choose an appropriate antiviral drug.

    Fungal infections should be antifungal**. Mycoplasma infection, antimycoplasma**, etc. Symptomatic treatment of drugs.

    For example, if you have a cough with no phlegm or little phlegm, you can use cough suppressants. The phlegm is more viscous and not easy to cough up, and the expectorant drug can be taken orally, atomized, etc., and it is also necessary to pay attention to turning over and patting the back to promote sputum drainage. Patients with chest tightness associated with bronchospasm can use antiasthmatic drugs, such as theophylline, 2-receptor agonists, etc.

    If the fever is relatively high, antipyretic and analgesic drugs can be selected. Other symptomatic treatments. For example, patients with hypoxemia are given oxygen**.

    If you have a lung infection, you don't need to be nervous, in most cases, after the above **, the prognosis is good. However, patients with severe pneumonia are generally more difficult, and there is a certain risk, and the mortality rate is relatively high, so it is still necessary to pay attention to it.

    In terms of prevention, we should actively exercise, live a regular life, have balanced nutrition, do not smoke and drink, avoid colds, and actively prevent upper respiratory tract infections. The elderly and infirm, as well as those with weakened immunity and other underlying medical conditions, can consider vaccination against pneumonia to prevent lung infections.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Lung infection is the escape of microorganisms into the lungs, such as bacteria, viruses, mycoplasma, etc. If pulmonary infection is confirmed, the anti-infection time is generally 10-14 days, and the anti-infection can be infusion** at the beginning, and after the symptoms improve, it can be changed to oral administration. As a result, you don't have enough time to fight the infection and need to continue**.

    Core tips: Cold symptoms are generally manifested as nasal congestion, runny nose, fever, etc., if not carried out in time**, it may cause lung infection, resulting in cough, phlegm symptoms. In order to alleviate the condition, it is necessary to select antibiotics through sputum culture and blood culture, and then carry out symptomatic treatment**, and the patient should pay attention to life care after surgery to avoid the recurrence of colds.

    In fact, when the patient has a cold, the initial symptoms are generally nasal congestion, runny nose, fever, etc., and cough and phlegm may occur in the later stage, and if it is not carried out in time, it may cause symptoms of lung infection. Therefore, in addition to antiviral**, it is also necessary to perform tests such as routine blood tests and chest X-rays. If the symptoms of pneumonia are confirmed, active lung treatment** is required.

    In order to let you know what to do if you have a lung infection caused by a cold, let me introduce it to you.

    In the case of a cold that causes a lung infection, it is usually caused by a viral and bacterial infection. If the infection is more severe, it may have caused the symptoms of pneumonia, and for the ** of this condition, you can use the ** to strengthen the anti-infection**. Generally, sputum culture and blood culture experiments can be carried out, and appropriate antibiotics can be selected for targeted treatment.

    In general, as long as the patient actively undergoes symptomatic treatment**, it only takes about 10 to 15 days for the condition to recover slowly.

    If the patient has persistent fever or high fever, the first consideration is the need for antipyretic, and oral medication can be used to cool down at the same time as physical cooling; Antipyretic suppositories can also be selected for defervescence. Patients with lung infections may have cough and sputum production, so consider the need for nebulization**, which can be done three to four times. In addition, it is also necessary to use phlegm-reducing and cough-relieving drugs, mainly oral licorice mixture, and then the patient can be manually patted on the back, so as to promote expectoration.

    In the case of a lung infection caused by a cold, the severity of the disease is determined mainly by the type of bacteria that cause the lung infection. For this disease, the effect will be better, and a small number of patients will have dyspnea, hypoxemia, etc., but it may also affect the patient's life. In order to recover faster, it is necessary to treat the symptoms**, and pay attention to life care after surgery, such as adhering to a good work and rest time and cultivating good eating habits.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Diet: Rice is mainly soft food such as porridge, white porridge, rice soup, etc., and the vegetables are light and easy to digest, preferably nutritious, and the elderly like to eat.

    Psychological: Talk to the elderly, say more words of encouragement, and have more contact. When consciousness may also be blurred, it is even more important to hold his hand and shout in his ear.

    Of course, we also have to cooperate with the work of medical staff. If you have a lung infection, you should quit smoking. Second, it is necessary to cooperate with doctors to use anti-infective drugs.

    Third, encourage your grandfather to drink more water, ventilate the ward more, and dry the quilt frequently. Fourth, pay attention to keep warm, don't catch a cold, otherwise it will aggravate the condition, especially in the current weather. Fifth, as the doctor said, reduce contact with family members, especially those who have colds.

    Because your grandfather's resistance is very low now.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    A lung infection has occurred, and the following measures should be taken.

    1. Rest more, drink more warm water, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and increase the body's resistance.

    Second, according to the ** of infection, use some drugs in a targeted manner.

    Thing. If it is caused by bacteria, antibiotics are administered**, and if it is caused by a virus, antivirals are required**.

    3. Closely observe the changes in the patient's condition, and recheck the chest X-ray or lung CT in time to prevent the progression of lung infection and the occurrence of various complications.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Lung infection is to be hospitalized, only hospitalization to reduce inflammation, doctors at any time to observe the patient's changes, lung infection should not be taken lightly, must be taken seriously.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Lung infections include many diseases, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, and fungal infections in the lungs, all of which can be called lung infections. Doctors divide lung infections into bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and fungal infections of the lungs according to the location of the lesion and the type of infection. Most patients come to the doctor because the chest x-ray indicates an infectious disease in the lungs, accompanied by cough, sputum production, and even low-grade fever.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    After lung infection, it is advisable to go to the respiratory department of the hospital for diagnosis and treatment by a pulmonary professional doctor in time.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Hurry to the hospital, the pneumonia is curable, and it will be better soon after taking medicine and infusion. During the epidemic, early treatment is better.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Lung infections must be administered by infusion with antibiotics**.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    When you see a doctor, it is natural to first reduce inflammation**, control the condition, and then analyze the cause specifically.

    It's important to see a doctor. The lungs are related to breathing.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Lung infection is not a small problem, you can't find a good way here, even the doctor has to see what kind of infection it is, to what extent the infection can be determined, it is best to go to the hospital for examination and follow the doctor's instructions.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    It is necessary to go to the hospital in time to find a specialist doctor to formulate a plan, and you can't take medicine by yourself.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Pulmonary infection, also known as pneumonia, can be divided into community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia according to the location of infection; According to the etiology of infection, it can be divided into viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, fungal pneumonia and mycoplasma pneumonia.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Physicians should inquire about associated symptoms and perform necessary laboratory tests to aid in diagnosis, and only after the diagnosis is definitive**.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    If you have a lung infection, you have to go to the hospital.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    It is due to the increased virulence of bacteria and viruses, multiplying in large numbers, and the body's resistance is relatively poor, and the situation that is susceptible to these bacteria and viruses is inflammation of the lungs. There is a lung infection, and we need to take different measures according to different **. If it is caused by a virus, aggressive antiviral action is required**.

    At the same time, pay attention to rest, drink plenty of warm water, and eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits. If it is caused by bacterial infection, we should use antibacterial drugs reasonably according to the results of sputum culture, blood culture, and drug sensitivity, and strengthen cough and phlegm treatment.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    The causes of lung infection are: bacterial infection, pneumonia caused by atypical pathogens, lung infection caused by viruses, and fungal lung infection. Pulmonary infections are mainly anti-infective**, supplemented by symptomatic ** and support**.

    Pay attention to a light diet, strengthen nutrition, quit smoking and alcohol.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Part of the reason is because of bacterial infection, and the other part is because of poor life and rest, cold, so the lung infection is caused, you should take medicine, listen to the doctor's advice so that it can be improved.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    1. Analysis of all conditions: Hello, lung infections need anti-inflammatory**, and they need to be combined with broad-spectrum antibiotics**.

    Guidance: x-rays are required to check the severity of the condition, if the sputum is often accompanied by fever, hospitalization** is required, macrolides are needed if mycoplasma chlamydia infection is present, and cephalosporins can be used for common bacterial infections.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Persistent high fever is likely to be caused by lung infection, it is recommended that if there is a lot of sputum and the cough is not smooth, a tracheotomy should be performed, and sputum culture + drug susceptibility test should be performed, and antibiotics should be used rationally according to the results of drug susceptibility test.

    Pulmonary infection, bilateral pleural thickeningRespondent: Gao PingIf the chest x-ray shows multiple lesions in both lungs and bilateral pleural thickening, the patient is advised to undergo CT examination to determine the nature of the lung lesions.

    My dad had tracheal leiomyoma and large airway stenosis, lung infectionRespondent: Qu Lixin, if surgery**, the tumor needs to be removed along with the trachea and the trachea reconstructed. The surgery is very large, and it is better to have a minimally invasive excision. Leiomyomas are not malignancies.

    Analysis: Lung infection is mainly a long time, which takes a week to ten days, so hospitalization is recommended. Guidance: It is recommended to pay attention to keeping warm and strengthening nutrition while taking medicine**.

    What is the best way to get a lung infection?

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    Disease analysis: such a situation belongs to aspiration pneumonia, the principle of ** is anti-inflammatory** generally half a month to get better, opinions and suggestions:,

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    Lung infection is a common complication in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, especially those who have been in a coma for too long and are prone to lung infection. Tracheostomy is the incision of the trachea in the neck segment and the insertion of a metal tracheal cannula, tracheostomy to relieve dyspnea caused by laryngeal dyspnea, respiratory dysfunction or retention of secretions in the lower respiratory tract. When the lung infection subsides, the tracheal incision is closed.

    In addition, the brainstem, especially the medulla oblongata, is the life center of the human body, responsible for the body's breathing, heartbeat, digestion, etc., and the brainstem hemorrhage is a relatively serious stroke, so the patient is in a coma for a long time. For now, saving lives is the most important thing.

    I wish your family a speedy **!

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    When the patient is conscious, he can snort out the phlegm by himself, and he can remove the tracheal cannula, without stitches and medicine, and he can grow well, and after he grows well, he will leave a scar like the navel! Patients who have been bedridden for a long time are most likely to get pneumonia, and their families must turn over frequently and pat their backs hard! Lung infections are also dangerous!

    Be sure to stick to it!

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