What to do about recurrent fevers from lung infections in the elderly

Elderly people with recurrent fevers from lung infections need to choose comprehensive treatment, such as general treatment, causative treatment, symptomatic treatment and so on. 1. General treatment: the elderly need to strengthen the nutrition, arrange a reasonable work and rest, avoid overwork, need to get enough rest during the treatment period, and avoid spicy and stimulating food in the diet. Keep the environment ventilated, and bedridden elderly should pay attention to turning over and knocking on the back regularly to prevent the occurrence of pneumonia. To do a good job of airway management, especially the presence of reflux aspiration choking people. 2. Treatment: If the lung infection of the elderly is bacterial infection, azithromycin and cefdinir can be chosen; if it is viral infection, ribavirin and acyclovir can be chosen; if it is tuberculosis infection, isoniazid and rifampicin can be chosen; if it is fungal infection, fluconazole and so on can be chosen for treatment. 3. Symptomatic treatment: the elderly lung infection recurrent fever need to take antipyretic treatment, if the temperature is below 38.5 ℃, you can choose physical cooling; if 38.5 ℃ or more, you can choose antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen. In addition, if the elderly accompanied by cough, cough sputum, and sputum thick and not easy to cough out, can be combined with aminoglutethimide hydrochloride sputum. Elderly people with recurrent lung infections and fever, must go to the hospital in a timely manner, actively cooperate with the doctor to take treatment, to avoid further deterioration of the condition, the use of drugs need to strictly comply with the doctor’s instructions.