Symptoms and manifestations of pneumonia in the elderly

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Compared with young people, the incidence rate and mortality rate of pneumonia in the elderly are all increased in many ways. Objectively, the body's respiratory and respiratory functions are reduced due to aging of the body, and the local defense and immune function of the whole body and respiratory tract are reduced. Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms and manifestations of pneumonia in the elderly

The clinical manifestations of pneumonia in the elderly are not typical, such as cold or insidious onset, fear of cold and low fever, increase of sputum volume, change of sputum from white to yellow or green or purulent sputum, acceleration of respiratory rate or even wheezing or aggravation. Some patients have anoxia sign and low total white blood cell count, only showing classified neutrophil increase and nuclear left shift phenomenon, which can be diagnosed by physical examination and lung X-ray examination.

Symptoms and signs are easily masked by underlying diseases. If there is pneumonia in patients with COPD, it is difficult to determine whether they have pneumonia from the symptoms and signs, and it needs to be confirmed by lung X-ray examination.

The disease changes quickly and has many complications. With pneumonia, young people can not be hospitalized, with a few days of antibiotics cured. But pneumonia in the elderly is severe. Complications such as dehydration, hypoxia, shock, severe sepsis or sepsis, arrhythmia, electrolyte disturbance and acid-base imbalance can occur soon after onset.

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A pig lung without irrigation, 49 sweet almonds (peeled tip), 15 grams of Sichuan scallops (heartless), 1 teaspoon ginger juice, 30 grams of honey, four flavors into the lung tube tightly, boiled in white water, with soup with food. It is suitable for pneumonia in the elderly.