Viral pneumonia is not effective with antibiotics, viral pneumonia should be treated with antiviral drugs.
Viral pneumonia is interstitial and parenchymal inflammation of the lungs caused by viral invasion of the respiratory epithelium and alveolar epithelial cells.
Antibiotics are mainly used to treat bacterial pneumonia. The mechanism of killing bacteria by antibiotics is to kill bacteria by affecting a certain part or several parts of bacterial cell metabolism, while viruses do not have a complete cellular structure, and replicate and proliferate with the help of human cells, antibiotics are ineffective in killing viruses, and need to be applied to antiviral drug treatment, such as ribavirin, acyclovir, and so on.
Clinically, there will be a combination of bacterial infections, when the combination of bacterial infections is clear, sensitive antibiotic treatment can be used, but it is not appropriate to apply antibiotics to prevent secondary bacterial infections.
Patients with viral pneumonia should seek timely medical attention from a specialized physician who can make a definitive diagnosis by combining medical history, symptoms, laboratory tests and other relevant auxiliary tests, and treat the disease under the physician’s guidance.