The causes of lung infection in chronic monocytic leukemia include leukopenia, decreased immune function, gram-positive bacterial infection, fungal infection, etc. Improvement of lifestyle, drug therapy, and suspension of chemotherapy can be carried out.
1. Leukopenia: patients with chronic monocytic leukemia, with the progress of the disease and the use of chemotherapy, bone marrow suppression can occur, and in severe cases, there is a lack of granulocytes, which can easily lead to systemic infections, and lung infections are more obvious, so it is necessary to suspend chemotherapy, and recombinant human granulocyte-stimulating factor can be used to promote leukapheresis, if necessary.
2. Reduced immune function: leukemia patients, body resistance and immunity are poor, prone to lung infections, need to pay attention to the cleanliness of the health environment, try to avoid going to places with large flow of people, eat fresh food.
3. Gram-positive bacterial infections, fungal infections: when bacterial or fungal infections occur, anti-infective treatment should be given, such as vancomycin, contizolamide, voriconazole and so on.
Patients with chronic monocytic leukemia who develop lung infections need to seek medical attention in time to avoid delays. Drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor.