Atypical pneumonia?

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What is the clinical manifestation of SARS? According to the different onset time of the disease, the clinical symptoms of patients are different, but in general, if we want to care well, we need to know the clinical manifestations of atypical pneumonia before we can give patients care. Atypical pneumonia? I'd like to share my views with you.

Atypical pneumonia?

The incubation period is usually limited to 2 weeks, generally about 2-10 days. The onset of the disease is acute, and the disease can be in progress within 2-3 weeks from the date of onset. Fever is often the first and main symptom. The body temperature is generally higher than 38 ℃, showing persistent high fever, accompanied by chills, muscle soreness, joint soreness, headache and fatigue. In the early stage, the use of antipyretic drugs can be effective, and it is difficult to control high fever with antipyretic drugs.

May have cough, mostly dry cough, less phlegm, occasionally bloody sputum, a small number of patients with sore throat. There may be chest tightness, severe respiratory acceleration, shortness of breath, or even respiratory distress. Dyspnea and hypoxemia were more common after 6-12 days of onset, and some patients had gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

The lung signs of patients are often not obvious, some patients can smell a little moist rales, or have signs of lung consolidation. The complications of SARS usually occur after the most serious stage of the disease, such as secondary pulmonary infection, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, mediastinal emphysema, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothorax, pleural thickening or adhesion, bone ischemic changes, etc.

matters needing attention

SARS patients also need to pay attention to diet during the onset of the disease, because the disease is still a great consumption of the body, so we should do some light diet to promote the recovery of the disease.