Emphysema zap metronidazole whether it is feasible also need to combine with the cause of the disease to determine, if the combination of anaerobic bacterial infections, intestinal parasites, etc., you can zap metronidazole injection, and if the combination of other pathogenic infections only need to stop coughing and wheezing, other antibiotics to fight infections and so on.
1. Combination of anaerobic infections, intestinal parasites: metronidazole injection belongs to the anti-anaerobic drugs, anti-trichomoniasis, used for the treatment of intestinal, extra-intestinal amebiasis, vaginal trichomoniasis, pouch worm disease and cutaneous leishmaniasis, guinea worm infection, and anaerobic infections.
Adverse reactions are seen as: gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, poor appetite, and abdominal cramps, and neurologic symptoms such as dizziness and headache, sensory abnormalities, numbness of the limbs, ataxia, and polyneuritis. Urticaria, skin flushing, itching, cystitis, dysuria, metallic taste in the mouth and leukopenia can also occur.
Contraindications to metronidazole are found in pregnant and lactating women, children and alcoholics, those with active central nervous system disorders and blood disorders, and those who are allergic to metronidazole or other nitroimidazole derivatives.
There is no research indicating that metronidazole is contraindicated in emphysema, or that the use of metronidazole will aggravate the condition of emphysema, the use of metronidazole needs to be under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not blindly use the drug.
2. If emphysema is combined with other infections such as bacteria, expectorant and asthma treatments such as ethambutol are needed. At the same time, anti-infection treatment, such as ofloxacin, roxithromycin and other antibiotics, but should not use metronidazole injection.
So whether emphysema should be treated with metronidazole needs to be judged according to the cause of the disease.