The causes of bronchopneumonia include bacterial infection, malnutrition or cold, and prolonged bed rest, etc. Bacterial infection is the most common cause of bronchopneumonia.
1. Bacterial infection: it is the most common cause of bronchopneumonia, and its causative bacteria include staphylococcus, pneumococcus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, streptococcus, etc. These bacteria are resident in human respiratory tract. When the body’s resistance drops or the respiratory system’s defense function decreases, the bacteria will invade the bronchial tubes and lung tissues, causing bronchopneumonia.
2. Malnutrition or cold leads to a decline in body resistance, so that the respiratory system’s defense function is impaired, mucus secretion increases, these bacteria can invade the bronchial tubes and lung tissue and reproduction, causing bronchopneumonia.
3. Long-term bed-ridden patients, can not independently change position, resulting in bronchial and lung secretions can not be discharged in a timely manner, resulting in pneumonitis, also belongs to the bronchopneumonia.
Bronchopneumonia may also have other causes, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy.