Specialist Expert of the Ministry of Health, therapist Gunai Ismailova spoke in an interview about what pneumonia, its causes, symptoms and prevention.
Note that annually on November 12, World Day of the Combat of Pneumonia is celebrated. He appeared on the calendar on the initiative of the global coalition against children’s pneumonia. Pneumonia is an inflammatory process of pulmonary tissue of infectious origin. Despite all the efforts made by doctors, pneumonia is still one of the most common diseases.
“acute pneumonia is caused by various infectious agents. In approximately 90 percent of cases, these are bacteria, the remaining 10 percent falls on viruses, mushrooms, protozoa and helminths (ascarides, toxoplasmes, schistosomes). The most common pathogens include pneumococcus, hemophilic rods. , pneumonia mycoplasma, staphylococcus gold, influenza viruses and respiratory syncitial infection. Depending on the epidemiological conditions of pneumonia, they are divided into: osemetric (outpatients) – occur outside the hospital, or within 48 hours from the date of admission to the hospital. (hospital) – arise in a hospital, after 48-72 hours after receipt. The prognosis largely depends on the resistance of the pathogen to antibiotics; pneumonia in patients with immunodeficiency consistent. The prognosis is adversely, require active treatment in a hospital; aspiration pneumonia – pneumonia, arising Allegedly the content of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract in the respiratory tract. Depending on the volume of damage and the mechanism of occurrence, it is customary to divide the pneumonia into focal and shared, ”says the doctor.
Speaking about the symptoms of pneumonia, Ismailova noted that “manifestations of pneumonia are divided into pulmonary and gygeneous. Coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath, high temperature, intoxication syndrome, laboratory inflammation syndrome. High temperature during Pneumonia can be a non-permanent symptom. As a rule, at the beginning of the disease there is a rise in body temperature to 38-39 ° C, which for a short time stops antipyretic. But with a decrease in immunity, with extensive lesion, pneumonia can flow without fever. “