Double pneumonia symptoms and treatment

Bilateral pneumonia is a disease characterized by an inflammatory process in the lungs. Most often the disease develops due to the fact that in the lung tissue penetration of pathogenic microflora, which begins their reproduction, gradually contributing to their destruction. Also, this process is referred to as acute pneumonia. The disease can appear in any person, regardless of age.

As a rule, the human body has a number of special mechanisms that help protect it from different kinds of microorganisms. But there are cases when they are subject to failure, which gives pathogenic bacteria easily enter the body deeper and deeper. The main protective function against pathogenic microflora of immunity. It is he has to throw at the fight against viruses all the forces.

When disease-causing bacteria can reach the two lungs, the person begins to develop double pneumonia. It refers to more severe forms of disease than 1-third-party the inflammatory process. Pathogenic microorganisms can freely pass the immune system that protects the body from different viruses, and begins to affect all organs of the respiratory tract. First, it bypasses the nose and trachea and then the larynx and bronchi, and only then, reaching a light, it affects them. To understand how this is happening and what is caused by how to treat the disease and avoid serious complications, let us consider 2-sided pneumonia more details.

For what reasons is 2-sided pneumonia and what can be consequences

The first is to understand how pneumonia can affect the body. Note that the pulmonary inflammatory process is very dangerous disease.

Light in its essence is one of the most important organs, without which the body cannot function. They play the role of some internal mechanism, saturating the blood with oxygen, spreading subsequently to all organs. In addition, it is lighter saves man from excess accumulation of carbon dioxide. If you do not give the treatment of the disease proper attention, or even ignore it, that light becomes weaker and soon can't complete the work on gas exchange processes. Then the body undergoes oxygen starvation. After the occurrence of a chain reaction , is converted to oxygen starvation in disease of the cardiovascular system.

Quite often 2-sided pneumonia develops as a result of various complications or the wrong treatment of diseases such as SARS and flu virus. For example, the flu is the person begins to heal from the usual catarrhal disease. But really, doing it all wrong. The diagnosis of them is wrong, which speaks of ineffective treatment. The patient begins to take some expectorant and protivolodochnyi drugs, not considering it necessary to consult a qualified doctor. In his opinion, the disease is not serious, so to recover he will be able. But just after a few days it will become clear that the meds he drink, does not really help. It is likely that the patient will go back to the pharmacy and acquire some antibiotic, thereby losing precious time on a hasty and wrong treatment of unknown disease. And his body is already going downhill harmful microorganisms to the lungs. Furthermore, antibiotics often cause unwanted effects, for example, can develop intestinal dysbiosis, and they contribute to the destruction of not only pathogens but also the favorable microorganisms. Few people know that uncontrolled reception of antibiotics can reduce the immune system, thus helping the disease to become chronic.

Main causes of bilateral pneumonia

It would not be surprising, but most of the disease affected children under the age of seventeen. Adults also suffer from this disease less often.

So, pneumonia can occur for the following reasons:

• as a result of penetration into the body of bacterial infections,
• due to weakened immunity during viral epidemics,
• after complications caused by acute respiratory infections,
• in heart failure,
• due to chronic respiratory diseases,
• after overheating orovercoolings,
• due to poor environmental conditions.

Pneumonia and its symptoms

When a person is subjected to 2-sided inflammation of the lungs, then it appears a number of corresponding disease symptoms.

So, if a person observed bilateral pneumonia, the symptoms can include the following:

• difficult breathing,
• increased body temperature,
• dyspnea,
• weakness of the body,
• you're blue in the lips and fingertips,
• acute cough,
• loss of appetite.

Such symptomatology is also found in influenza or respiratory diseases, so people must learn to distinguish between these diseases. To understand the nature of the disease and to timely detect pneumonia, the patient should be primarily to monitor the duration of fever.

If the 2-sided inflammation was the result of microbial exposure, the body temperature can rise to thirty nine degrees. To stay it can be quite a long period of time. In such cases, the patient has shortness of breath, and this is the first sign of disease development. First, pulmonary inflammation accompanied by a dry cough. After the development of the disease cough becomes wet. Need to be sure to remember that pneumonia is very dangerous and happens when it ends in death.

If you have a child or loved one appeared the above symptoms, it is recommended immediately consult a doctor. To treat pneumonia alone is strictly prohibited! The treatment at home simply will not help save you from the disease, and lost time threatened serious consequences.

Diagnosis of diseases

Pneumonia is accompanied by a set of symptoms which are mentioned above. But the doctor still need diagnostic methods that help accurately diagnose. Among such methods included:

A chest x-ray. This procedure is mandatory, as it is for him to put this diagnosis. That is, in the picture reveals the focus of the inflammatory processes.
Blood analysis(General). Blood specialist can easily find signs of inflammation and to give an affirmative diagnosis.

Analyses of sputum. Sputum collection is performed in the process of expectoration. Through this method the doctor can determine exactly what caused the pneumonia.
Complications of the disease

As mentioned earlier, pneumonia can lead to sad consequences. Pneumonia can cause the following complications:

• pleurisy(inflammation of pleura). The pleura is the membrane that covers the lungs,
• pulmonary edema,
• purulent processes of the lungs,
• disorders of the respiratory processes.

Treatment of disease in adults

When the disease develops without any problems and in the adult there are no serious illnesses in the chronic form, to treat the disease can be home, but following all the recommendations of the attending doctor. The patient must take all his prescribed medication and prescribed bed rest.

But very often, to treat pneumonia sent to the hospital. The patient is prescribed a course of special antibiotics, which are chosen exclusively by the attending physician. A doctor prescribes medication based on the patient's age, causes of disease and its severity. To antibacterial agents are also appointed antihistamines, expectorants and antipyretic drugs.

Feature of the treatment of the disease

When you treatment for bilateral pneumonia, it is recommended to adhere to the following guidelines:

• the patient is required to lie,
• he needs to eat high-calorie food,
• he ought to use more liquids. Thanks to the copious fluids from the body faster displays all toxic substances,
• the patient needs to strengthen his immune system, so he prescribed various vitamins,
• in some cases, the patient needs to undergo a series of treatments of oxygen inhalation.

  

Also, when the patient is on the mend, he is assigned special exercises of breathing and the complex of physiotherapeutic procedures. After full recovery the patient needs throughout the year to donate blood and sputum, as well as going to x-ray fluoroscopy.

The treatment of the disease in children

Inflammatory processes in the lung in a child treated almost the same as in adults. But there are children with pneumonia which necessarily hospitalitynet. These children include:

• newborn,
• weakened, suffering from chronic diseases,
• kids who have not responded to outpatient treatment,
• children who have experienced complications.

So, with the illness understood, now should give you some useful tips that will help to avoid the development of pneumonia. Do not fall victim to bilateral pneumonia, first of all you should always make a flu vaccine, which is very often the cause of the disease. Hand washing should always with soap, because through them the organism can get pathogens. The diet should be complete, there should be moreexercise and relax.

If on the first or second year of life your child appeared asthma, he needs to make vaccination. Smokers need to quit their addiction, and drinking to stop abusing alcohol. Remember that needs diagnosis and proper treatment of the disease will prevent the occurrence of complications.