How long should senile pneumonia be treated?
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Clinically, there are many symptoms of pneumonia in the elderly, the symptoms are mild to nothing, of which cough, phlegm is more obvious. The elderly as a special group, it is difficult for the elderly pneumonia to make clear pathogen treatment in time. In clinical practice, empirical treatment is the first step. If there is such a problem, we must go to the hospital in time for treatment. Next, I will tell you how long the elderly pneumonia should be treated?.
How long should senile pneumonia be treated?
First: symptomatic treatment. For patients with fever, cough and muscle soreness, antipyretic, sedative and analgesic drugs should be given accordingly. For patients with cough, suffocation, dyspnea and other symptoms, bronchodilator should be given appropriately to relieve airway symptoms.
Second: pneumonia can be treated with oral cephalosporin antibiotics, which will have a certain therapeutic effect on patients' symptoms. If patients have fever repeatedly, they can take some Merrill Lynch, which will have the effect of reducing fever.
Third: pneumonia patients, the appropriate small amount of aminophylline treatment is also OK, patients usually must pay attention to monitoring their body temperature, if the temperature exceeds 39 degrees, it should be timely to the hospital for infusion treatment, and if the cough is more serious, it should also take some cough and asthma first treatment, such as: Asmei, etc.
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This article introduces how long should pneumonia be treated in the elderly?, After reading the introduction of this article, we should know how long to treat pneumonia in the elderly? Come on, the nursing of pneumonia needs to turn over and pat on the back to help the discharge of respiratory secretions of patients with pneumonia. Cough for a long time, sleep will be very uncomfortable, remember to turn over and pat the back, help pneumonia patients with respiratory secretions.