What is asymptomatic pneumonia?

Asymptomatic pneumonia is the absence of symptoms such as cough, chest pain, dyspnea, fever, and coughing up sputum, but the presence of pneumonia is detected by a chest radiograph. Asymptomatic pneumonia may be due to a milder condition, early stage of pneumonia or unresponsiveness to the causative organisms that do not show any symptoms but the lungs do get infected with a virus or bacteria. Patients are most often found due to other tests, an occasional chest X-ray or a CT. For asymptomatic pneumonia, blood tests, blood cultures, and drug sensitivity tests can be done at the hospital. Sensitive drugs are then selected for treatment. If there is a history of close contact, nucleic acid and antibody tests are recommended. Once a person is diagnosed with asymptomatic infection, he or she must be transported to a hospital that is designated for rescue and treatment for medical isolation and given antiviral treatment. Patients with asymptomatic pneumonia are recommended to undergo examination and flow adjustment under the guidance of specialized physicians to make a clear diagnosis and carry out symptomatic treatment under the guidance of doctors, so as to avoid delaying the condition and the timing of treatment.