The presence of an old lesion in the upper lobe of the left lung, which is a pathognomonic description detected by taking x-rays, ct and even MRI of both lungs, is clinically common mainly due to old inflammatory conditions, both infectious and non-infectious. Generally, medication is used.
1. Infectious: the more common infectious diseases, such as the inflammatory reaction in the upper lobe of the left lung caused by special bacteria or Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, can be cured by taking glucocorticosteroids such as methylprednisolone to inhibit the inflammatory reaction, thus slowing down the process of pulmonary fibrosis, and making the inflammation subside completely.
2. Non-infectious: due to various traumatic injuries resulting in damage to the mucosa of the lungs, this time there is a non-infectious inflammatory response, generally under the guidance of the doctor to take pirfenidone, nidazepam, acetylcysteine and other drugs, which can slow down the decline in lung function of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
The upper lobe of the left lung with old lesions, the first thing to figure out the cause of the old lesions in the left lung, you need to check the blood routine, C-reactive protein, blood sedimentation, tuberculosis antibody, mycoplasma antibody, tuberculin test, sputum bacillus antacidus, X-ray chest X-ray or chest CT, according to the results of the examination, to clarify the cause of the cause of the disease, and then given to the cause of the treatment.