Symptoms of fungal pneumonia how to treat fungal pneumonia
We all know that pneumonia is a serious respiratory infection that significantly affects people's work and studies. What are the symptoms of fungal pneumonia, and how is fungal pneumonia treated? Let's take a look at the symptoms of fungal pneumonia together, and I hope it will be helpful to everyone!
In daily life, due to unhealthy eating habits or living habits, various diseases occur, and fungal pneumonia is one of them. So, is fungal pneumonia contagious, and can fungal pneumonia be cured? Let's take a look at the treatment methods for fungal pneumonia together, and I hope it will be helpful to everyone!
Symptoms of fungal pneumonia
The difficulty in treating fungal pneumonia lies in the fact that many fungi have developed resistance to many antifungal drugs, making them prone to recurrence and difficult to treat. Therefore, it is recommended to find a good hospital for drug sensitivity tests and use appropriate antifungal drugs for thorough treatment. It is important not to stop treatment just because there is some improvement.
The three common pathogens that cause fungal pneumonia are: *Candida albicans*, *Rhizopus*, and *Aspergillus*. Most patients have only mild symptoms and are unaware that they are infected. Some patients have severe symptoms.
1. It is often secondary to pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes, and blood diseases;Use of antibiotics and hormones are the main causes. This is because penicillin stimulates excessive growth of *Candida albicans*;Broad-spectrum antibiotics suppress bacteria in the body, depriving *Candida albicans* of its restraints;Corticosteroids can inhibit the body's immune function.2. It has various symptoms and signs of bronchopneumonia, but the onset is slow, and it often appears or worsens during the treatment of pneumonia with antibiotics. It may have fever, severe cough, colorless and gelatinous sputum, and sometimes blood. Lung auscultation may have fine crackling sounds.
3. If misdiagnosed and blindly increased antibiotic treatment, it will often make the condition worse, but it can often heal on its own after stopping antibiotics.4. It often has other *Candida* infections, such as
Oral thrush, which is the most common, and individual cases may have fungal infections in the skin or digestive tract.
5. Chest X-ray: Large patchy shadows, mostly in the lung base and middle, some are granular shadows, but can change within a short time.6. Blood routine: White blood cell decrease. 7. Sputum smear can detect yeast cells and hyphae of *Candida albicans*.
8. Clinical symptoms are mild and lung X-ray findings are severe;
Using antibiotics worsens the condition;
Antifungal drugs are effective.
How to treat fungal pneumoniaDue to the application of broad-spectrum antibiotics and corticosteroids, in recent years, this disease has been increasing, and the treatment measures are as follows:1. After finding this disease, stop using broad-spectrum antibiotics, corticosteroids, and immunosuppressants.
2. Strengthen nursing and nutrition, conduct comprehensive supportive therapy and symptomatic treatment: pay attention to supplementing vitamin B, and ensure sufficient nutrition and calories in the diet;
Pay attention to water and electrolyte balance;
If necessary, transfuse fresh blood to improve the body's immunity.
3. Application of antifungal drugs:(1) Fluconazole: Has strong inhibitory effect on deep-seated *Candida*, which is the main drug for treating deep-seated *Candida* infections. However, this drug has a larger side effect. If it is injected, it can cause fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, etc., within a short time. Long-term use has toxic effects on the liver, kidneys, and heart. Therefore, the treatment course should not be too long. Dosage: 50mg/kg/day, first dissolve this drug in 10ml of injection water, then add it to the 5%-10%
glucose solution to dilute to a concentration of 0.1mg/ml, drip for 6-8 hours, and wrap the medicine bottle with black paper to avoid light.
(2) 5-Fluorocytosine: Has good inhibitory effect on *Candida*, but its effect is worse than fluconazole. If both drugs are used together, they have a synergistic effect and can increase the efficacy. The side effect is smaller than fluconazole, and when used, it can cause gastrointestinal symptoms. Long-term use can cause liver, kidney, and bone marrow damage in some children.Dosage: 100mg/kg/day, divided into 3-4 times, or dissolved in liquid and injected intravenously.(3) Garlic powder: Has inhibitory effect on fungi and bacteria, and has anti-inflammatory effect.
For children, 10-40mg per day, dissolve in 5% glucose solution (no less than 4 times dilution), injected intravenously once, for a course of 2-4 weeks. Few side effects.(4) Chloramphenicol: Has the same antibacterial effect as fluconazole and has good inhibitory effect on *Candida*. However, its antibacterial effect is weaker than fluconazole, and its toxicity is also smaller.
Dosage: First 40-100μg, gradually increase to 600-800μg per dose, once every 1-2 days, injected intravenously.1. Strictly control the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, corticosteroids, cytotoxic drugs, and metabolic drugs.2. Timely discovery and treatment of localized fungal infections.
3. Conduct detailed physical examination on suspicious cases, and if necessary, perform fungal culture of throat swabs, stool, and blood.4. If you have a long-term intravenous infusion, intravenous insertion, and high-nutrient solution, and have a tube inserted into the trachea, you must strictly follow the sterile operation.
Vaccination against pneumonia is not high-risk for healthy people without the above lung fungal infection.
The lungs are connected to the outside through the respiratory tract, and it is possible for pathogens to enter and cause inflammation.
Therefore, healthy people (especially infants and the elderly) should get vaccinated against pneumonia annually to enhance their immunity.
Although this method cannot completely prevent pneumonia, it can reduce the symptoms, shorten the course of the disease, and reduce the occurrence of complications (such as respiratory failure, heart failure, and lung-related brain damage) if it occurs. Is fungal pneumonia contagious? Fungal pneumonia is not contagious. It is almost impossible for healthy children to get fungal pneumonia, and it will only occur in people who have been using antibiotics for a long time, using immunosuppressants, or have congenital immune deficiency. Generally, healthy children will not be infected with fungal pneumonia, so there is no need to worry.
It is best to take some antibiotics and antiviral drugs, and avoid eating spicy and greasy food. Drink plenty of water, maintain a positive attitude, promote the vitality of the immune system, rest well, preserve physical strength, and avoid overwork.
Can fungal pneumonia be cured?Fungal pneumonia can be cured. Fungal infection is caused by decreased body immunity. Whether it can be cured depends on the body's condition. Chinese medicine treatment adheres to the principle of overall and differential diagnosis. It has certain advantages in improving the internal environment of the body and can conduct rehabilitation treatment on the fiber remaining after inflammation. Fungal infection patients do not have an effect on treatment with ordinary antibacterial drugs. They need to do sputum culture and drug sensitivity tests, and use drugs that are targeted. A characteristic of fungal infection patients is the presence of white membranes on the mouth and tongue. It's best to take some azithromycin and a viral medication, avoid spicy and fried foods, drink plenty of water, maintain a positive attitude, which can boost the immune system, get plenty of rest, and preserve physical strength, which can also help avoid some complications, slow down daily activity, and avoid overexertion.
Is fungal pneumonia curable?
Fungal pneumonia can be cured.Fungal infections are caused by a decrease in the body's immune system. Whether they can be cured depends on the condition of the body. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment, based on the principles of holistic and syndrome-based diagnosis, has certain advantages in comprehensively improving the body's internal environment, and can also be used for rehabilitation treatment to change the residual fibers after inflammation. Using ordinary antibacterial drugs to treat fungal infections is ineffective. It is necessary to perform a sputum culture to identify the type of fungal infection and perform a drug sensitivity test, and use targeted medication. Another characteristic is that patients with fungal infections have a white membrane in their mouths and upper jaws.
