How to treat pneumonia in the elderly?

summary

Pneumonia in the elderly is also a kind of inflammation. If patients feel unwell, they should go to the hospital immediately for diagnosis and treatment. They have a long history. The common symptoms include chills, fever, chest pain, cough, expectoration, purulent sputum, etc. This kind of patient must go to the regular hospital in time for treatment, timely medication. So how does old people pneumonia treat?? Let's get to know the problem.

How to treat pneumonia in the elderly?

First: anti-inflammatory treatment, the most important part of pneumonia treatment is anti infection. The treatment of bacterial pneumonia includes pathogen therapy and empirical therapy. According to the results of sputum culture and drug sensitivity test, the former selected sensitive antibiotics for in vitro test, while the latter mainly selected antibiotics that might cover pathogens according to the epidemiological data of pneumonia pathogens in this region.

Second: antiviral treatment, patients with obvious systemic symptoms, blood routine, virus isolation and serological examination after the diagnosis of virus infection, should be given antiviral treatment, at the same time need to rest in bed, maintain air circulation, pay attention to isolation and disinfection, prevent cross infection.

Third: the application of adrenocortical hormone, for severe pneumonia patients with obvious poisoning symptoms, severe asthma, complicated with brain edema, toxic encephalopathy, septic shock, respiratory failure, etc., adrenocortical hormone can be used for a short time on the premise of sufficient use of antibiotics.

matters needing attention

On this, I would like to remind you: pneumonia patients need to eat more fruit, soup, less eggs. The food of pneumonia patients should be light, and more water and vitamin C should be added, but pneumonia patients should pay attention not to eat too much at a time, too much protein will cause indigestion. Therefore, diet for pneumonia care measures are also very important.