The symptoms and treatment of bilateral pneumonia

The term "pneumonia"brings together a whole group of diseases which are accompanied by development of inflammatory process in the tissues of the body and their destructive change. If such pathology affects both lungs simultaneously, it is called"bilateral pneumonia". For the disease characterized by a severe course and the development of dangerous complications, difficulties arise in the treatment process. Bilateral pneumonia can start as an independent disease or can arise after suffering colds and other diseases, often of infectious origin. Thus, the nature of the inflammatory process there are primary and secondary form of the disease. Classifying disease by type of pathogen, distinguish bacterial, viral and atypical pneumonia. Most often, the microorganisms penetrate into the lung tissue during the breathing process, but it is possible the spread of infection by hematogenous and intrauterine infection of the fetus. Risk factors are the reduction of protective forces of organism, vitamin deficiencies, cystic fibrosis, trauma to the fetus during childbirth, such as asphyxia. Currently, the disease is considered very dangerous and quite often ends in death. The most severe pathology accompanied by severe cardiac and respiratory failure.

Symptoms of bilateral pneumonia

The number of deaths with bilateral pneumonia would be less if the patients when the first symptoms immediately seek medical help. Often among the first manifestations of the disease occurs chills, and a rise of body temperature to high values, a characteristic feature of pathology is the stability of these parameters, which for a long time remain virtually unchanged. The disease is accompanied by dry cough, however, at the initial stage, the cough may be absent, and in some cases, and in the further course of the disease coughing is not evident. To characteristic symptoms of bilateral pneumonia include rapid and shallow breathing. A deep breath causes the patient pain in the chest, and pain syndrome occurs on both sides and may radiate to the back and the area between the shoulder blades. The appearance of these symptoms of bilateral pneumonia requires immediate specialist advice.

Treatment for bilateral pneumonia

src="/all/images/1592-0.jpg">The treatment of bilateral pneumonia lies antibacterial therapy. The scheme of treatment is chosen taking into account the natural course of the disease. In the acute period of the disease is necessary to conduct desintation events, correction of ventilation disorders. In severe form of the disease is prescribed immunogenetically therapy. At the stage of approval following the suppression of the inflammatory process, treatment with antibacterial agents is canceled. It is important for the pathology occurring without the destructive complications. To restore the broken processes in the respiratory tract, we recommend taking anti-inflammatory drugs and symptomatic therapy. In the treatment of elderly patients should consider the possible reduction of the kidneys, which affects pharmokinetics drugs. As complications after treatment, such patients may experience toxic effects, allergic reactions, disorders of the immune system at the cellular level.