Severe flu can develop pneumonia
Posted on January 15, 2010
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Recently, accompanied by a high incidence of influenza, pneumonia patients admitted to various hospitals have also increased significantly. Country Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liaoning province, Professor Guozhen Wu introduced the Institute of Medicine, pneumonia is often a result of acute upper respiratory tract infection developed from some patients with severe flu can develop into pneumonia and cold fever if not seen by the regular treatment to reduce illness, cough, sputum, fever and other symptoms actually worsened the original, and shortness of breath, chest pain and other symptoms, we must guard against it got pneumonia.
Severe flu can develop into pneumonia
Guozhen Wu introduced, pneumonia may be issued four seasons, but fall and winter seasons when severe climate change, as the multiple, especially in winter and cold regions the highest incidence. This is because the air is dry at this time, all kinds of viruses, bacteria, people easily with the air being inhaled respiratory droplets; the same time, the weather cold, cold air can cause respiratory damage; other people’s closed doors and windows in winter, the air is not easy circulation, resulting in a variety of pathogens in the Indoor large population, had been inhaled into the lungs, causing lung infections, the formation of pneumonia.
Pneumonia, acute upper respiratory tract infections generally evolved. A cold is usually referred to acute upper respiratory tract infection refers to the nose and pharynx inflammation of the isthmus, but if not brought under control, down the spread of inflammation could be developed into acute bronchitis, bronchitis and even pneumonia. So, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia often an early manifestation. Therefore, if, after suffering from a cold, to the timely and effective treatment and care, so as not to develop into pneumonia.
Guozhen Wu describes, in particular, should be noted that some patients with severe flu can develop into pneumonia and, in particular, is popular with severe influenza H1N1 flu patients were combined in varying degrees of inflammatory changes in the lungs, causing death cases, most of the merger extensive pulmonary consolidation lungs, causing respiratory failure and multiple organ failure and death.
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How can I tell if I got pneumonia?
After the emergence of flu symptoms, how to determine if they may initially got pneumonia, and then in a timely manner to the hospital do?
Guozhen Wu introduced pneumonia patients are often cold, fatigue, drunkenness, mental stimulation, viral infection history, half of the cases in the first few days of the early symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection was followed by chills, fever, cough, cough a lot Nongtan or rust colored sputum , sputum with blood, shortness of breath, shortness of breath, with chest pain aggravated by deep breathing, fatigue, severe shortness of breath, and the patient may appear cyanotic (bluish lips or face), body temperature can rise to within a few hours 39 ~ 40 ℃.
Symptoms may not be typical of elderly patients, only the performance of cough, sputum increased, anorexia, fatigue, weakness, etc.; infants and young children may show fever, asthma, face or lips purple, if there is the above-mentioned symptoms, you should immediately go to hospital for treatment to see if it got pneumonia.
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