How is lung infection caused? What's wrong with diabetes?

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Grandfather is a diabetic, a few days ago began to cough, but also fever, dyspnea. After being sent to the hospital, the doctor took a CT of my grandfather and concluded that he had a lung infection. Then some people can't help wondering, is this the general cause of pulmonary infection?

How is lung infection caused? What's wrong with diabetes?

First: I used antibiotics for my grandfather. In the first day or two, my illness was really under control. But on the third day, his condition went from bad to worse, and his grandfather was sent to the rescue.

Second: the doctor thought it was not a simple infection, so he took blood and expectoration for the test. The final diagnosis was multiple pulmonary infection. Because my grandfather is a diabetic, he is particularly susceptible to this disease. To change the original treatment plan, using a combination of drugs. That is to say, two kinds of antibiotics should be used at the same time.

Third: during this period, my grandfather needs assistive equipment to breathe. They were transferred to an isolated ward to avoid aggravating the infection. The patient was unable to eat and could only feed through a gastric tube.

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After a period of treatment, grandfather's condition improved, the doctor for grandfather row of lung film, see the infection has been basically cleared. But it is not so easy to go to the general ward to continue medication and observation, because it is not so easy to completely eliminate the infection of bacteria. The doctor said that the main reason for the pulmonary infection was that grandfather had diabetes, poor resistance, and long-term bedridden. Some weather or bad factors could be the inducement, leading to his secondary infection.