2mm lung nodules are usually caused by pneumonia, tuberculosis, early lung cancer, etc. Different causes are treated in different ways.
1. Pneumonia: Inflammation of the lungs can lead to the appearance of nodules, the main reason is that inflammation stimulates the cells of the lungs and leads to abnormal cell proliferation, and the appearance of polyps and other causes of nodules.
Lung nodules anti-infection treatment needs to be given regular antibiotics to treat, follow the doctor’s instructions commonly used antibiotics such as amoxicillin, ampicillin and so on.
2. Tuberculosis: because the tuberculosis bacteria cause trauma to the human lungs, the emergence of fibrous foci, foci, manifested in imaging nodules.
Tuberculosis treatment should first be standardized, combined, the whole process, the right amount, early use of anti-tuberculosis drugs, such as clinical choice of rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, isoniazid, streptomycin, levofloxacin and other drugs, after standardized curing, most of the tuberculosis nodules will be reduced or even disappeared.
Tuberculosis nodules will gradually be healed by fibrosis, leaving old scars, which cannot be removed, and if they do not have any effect on the human body, they do not need to be treated.
3. Early stage lung cancer: early stage lung cancer may be manifested as nodules in the lungs when it is especially small. Early stage is based on observation, regular rechecking of chest CT, and surgical treatment when necessary.
Patients who find 2mm lung nodules are recommended to go to hospital for comprehensive examination to clarify the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instruction for treatment.