How to distinguish influenza from viral pneumonia?

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Spring and winter are the two seasons with the biggest changes in weather, so these two seasons are also the high incidence of viral pneumonia. But there are also a lot of influenza in these two seasons, and the symptoms between the two are a little similar. So how to distinguish influenza from viral pneumonia? Now let's talk about it.

How to distinguish influenza from viral pneumonia?

Viral pneumonia is a kind of pulmonary inflammation caused by different viruses invading the lung parenchyma. It is often accompanied by tracheobronchitis because of the spread of upper respiratory tract. The common viruses causing viral pneumonia include influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, etc. Influenza virus pneumonitis belongs to viral pneumonia.

Influenza virus pneumonia is easy to occur in the old, young, weak and patients with original cardiopulmonary diseases. At the onset, it is similar to typical influenza patients. It begins to have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection and poisoning, such as sore throat, stuffy nose, runny nose, fever, headache and general soreness. After 24 hours of onset, the disease rapidly worsens, with high fever, irritability, severe cough and bloody sputum, There were dyspnea and cyanosis, low breath sounds in both lungs, full of dry and wet sounds, but no signs of pulmonary consolidation. Influenza has obvious seasonality, so if you have a history of influenza exposure, or have typical flu symptoms, you need to be alert to the occurrence of influenza virus pneumonia. Especially for infants and elderly patients with weak body, family members must see a doctor in time and check chest X-ray, in order to early detect whether there is the occurrence of viral pneumonia; At the same time, early and effective antiviral and symptomatic treatment can also help to reduce the incidence of influenza virus pneumonia.

The X-ray chest film of viral pneumonia shows diffuse nodular shadow in both lungs, more near the hilar area, and the symptoms become more and more serious. When it is serious, it will affect the lung ventilation function and lead to severe hypoxemia. Respiratory and circulatory failure occurs more than 5-10 days, and the mortality is higher.

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Spring is a season of hope, but also a season of high incidence of viral pneumonia and other viral diseases. So at this time, it is very important to make clear the difference between influenza and viral pneumonia. Only in this way can we better prevent viral pneumonia, and early detection, early treatment.