Why is pneumonia earache

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Pneumonia can occur in anyone of any age, usually because of infection. Clinically, many patients are caused by fever and cough, but some patients will have some symptoms of earache. Let's talk about why pneumonia has earache.

Why is pneumonia earache

First, pneumonia refers to the inflammation of terminal airway, alveoli and pulmonary interstitium. It can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and other pathogenic microorganisms, as well as physical and chemical factors such as radiation and inhaled foreign bodies. Otodynia is a common disease. Otodynia is a common symptom. It is often caused by ear diseases (primary or otogenic otodynia), and can also be caused by diseases of adjacent organs or other organs (secondary or reflex otodynia).

Second: the main clinical symptoms of pneumonia are fever, cough, expectoration, blood in sputum, chest pain or dyspnea. Infantile pneumonia, symptoms are often not obvious, may have a slight cough. Bacterial pneumonia is treated with antibiotics, and can be cured in more than 7 to 10 days. The condition of viral pneumonia is mild and antibiotic treatment is ineffective. About 1 / 3 of the patients had a history of upper respiratory tract infection. The natural course of disease was 7-10 days.

Third: the typical symptoms are sudden chills, high fever, body temperature as high as 39 ℃ ~ 40 ℃, showing the type of missed fever, accompanied by headache, soreness and weakness of muscles, poor appetite. After the use of antibiotics, the fever type is not typical, the elderly and the weak only have low fever or no fever. In the early stage, it was irritative dry cough, and then white mucus sputum or bloody sputum was produced. After 1-2 days, mucus bloody sputum, rust colored sputum and purulent sputum could be produced. In the dissipation stage, the amount of sputum increased, and the sputum was yellow and thin.

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We can know that the clinical symptoms of pneumonia are generally fever, cough, etc., but the symptoms of earache may also be caused by these basic symptoms of pneumonia, because long-term cough may damage some tissues around our ear organs and cause earache.