Symptoms of pneumonia and how is it treated?



Symptoms of pneumonia include cough, sputum, dyspnea, fever, etc. Anti-infective treatment, symptomatic and supportive treatment, prevention and timely management of complications, etc. should be given under the guidance of doctors.

1. Symptoms of pneumonia: generally acute onset, typically coughing, coughing up sputum, aggravation may appear purulent sputum or bloody sputum, accompanied by chest pain. If the scope of lesions is large, there may be dyspnea and cyanosis. Most of the patients have fever, early lung signs are not obvious, the typical signs of pulmonary solid lesions are pulmonary solid signs and wet rales.

2.Treatment:

(1) Anti-infective treatment: initial empirical treatment as prescribed by the doctor, specific antibiotic treatment such as penicillin, ceftriaxone, cefoperazone, etc. is given after the initial treatment according to the clinical response, bacterial culture and drug sensitivity test.

(2) Symptomatic and supportive treatment: including expectorant such as ambroxol, cooling such as ibuprofen, oxygenation, maintaining electrolyte balance, improving nutrition, strengthening the body’s immune function.

(3) Prevention and timely treatment of complications: pneumococcal pneumonia and other serious sepsis can be complicated by infectious shock, should be given timely anti-shock treatment, take the concave position to give medium and high-flow oxygen, the establishment of venous access to replenish fluids as prescribed by the doctor, as prescribed by the doctor to enter the vasoactive drugs such as dobutamine, m-hydroxylamine, and other vasoactive drugs.

If the relevant manifestations of pneumonia should be as early as possible to the hospital for formal treatment, so as not to delay the condition.