Symptoms of fungal pneumonia?

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Fungal pneumonia, refers to the lung inflammation, the treatment process is very troublesome, coupled with the low resistance of the elderly themselves, so it is difficult to cure, a better situation is to prevent recurrence after treatment, good control of the disease. Pneumonia is one of the main diseases leading to the death of the elderly, so we must pay attention to prevention, attention to details and attach great importance to it in our daily life. Is fungal pneumonia serious? Let me talk about it.

Symptoms of fungal pneumonia?

1. Often secondary to infant pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes, blood diseases, etc; Antibiotics and hormones are the main inducements. This is because penicillin can stimulate the excessive reproduction of Candida albicans; Broad spectrum antibiotics inhibit bacteria in the body and make Candida lose the restriction of bacteria; Corticosteroids can inhibit the immune function of the body.

2. It has all kinds of symptoms and signs of bronchopneumonia, but the onset is slow. It often appears or intensifies in the application of antibiotics. It may have fever, severe cough, colorless jelly like sputum, and occasionally blood. The lung auscultation may have the small and medium blister sound. If misdiagnosis and blindly increase antibiotic treatment, often make the disease more serious, but often self-healing after stopping antibiotics.

3. The focus of other Candida infection, such as thrush, is the most common, and some fungal diseases of skin or digestive tract can be found. X-ray chest film: large shadow, mostly at the bottom and middle of the lung, individual miliary shadow, but in a short period of time may change. The germinated yeast cells and hyphae could be found in sputum smear. The clinical symptoms were mild and the X-ray signs of lung were serious; The use of antibiotics worsened the disease; Antifungal treatment was effective.

matters needing attention

Strengthen nursing and nutrition, systemic support therapy and symptomatic treatment: pay attention to supplement vitamin B group, diet should have enough nutrition and calories; Pay attention to the balance of water and electrolyte; If necessary, fresh blood should be transfused to improve immunity. The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, adrenocortical hormone and immunosuppressants should be stopped after the discovery of the disease. Detailed physical examination should be carried out for suspected cases, and fungal culture of throat swab, urine, blood, etc. should be carried out when necessary.