Can mediastinal emphysema infect?

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The etiology of mediastinal emphysema is mainly divided into two aspects: etiology, including spontaneous, traumatic, neck surgery and other reasons; It can be classified into three categories: injury, inflammation and spontaneity. Is mediastinal emphysema contagious? I will take you to know more about the disease.

Can mediastinal emphysema infect?

Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema can cause sudden increase and rupture of alveolar pressure due to severe cough or forced breath holding, resulting in interstitial emphysema. Gas enters mediastinum along vascular sheath or peribronchial space. It can be seen in severe bronchial asthma, bronchiolitis, Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, pertussis, etc., or spontaneous pneumothorax caused by alveolar rupture, barotrauma caused by mechanical positive pressure ventilation, pneumothorax caused by pneumothorax caused by pneumothorax, pneumothorax caused by pneumothorax caused by mechanical positive pressure ventilation, pneumothorax caused by pneumothorax caused by pneumothorax caused by Esophageal cancer, ulcer, perforation, etc.

Traumatic mediastinal emphysema can be seen in closed chest trauma (sudden increase of intra alveolar pressure, rupture of alveolar wall, interstitial emphysema), endoscopy or foreign bodies in trachea and esophagus penetrating trachea, bronchus and esophagus, or esophageal spasm and obstruction, resulting in longitudinal tear of lower esophagus.

Inflammatory mediastinal emphysema, various causes of aerogenic bacteria into the mediastinum to produce infection, can cause tissue carbohydrate and protein decomposition, carbohydrate decomposition can produce a lot of gas, resulting in mediastinal emphysema. Trachea, bronchus or esophagus rupture, such as bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy inadvertently through the tube wall, air directly into the mediastinum - mediastinal emphysema.

matters needing attention

To sum up, in general, it is not infectious, so the probability of recurrence in patients with pneumothorax after surgery is relatively small, some even as long as the control is good, there will be no recurrence, or patients should go to the hospital regularly after surgery review, pay attention to eating habits and so on.