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Causes and treatment of sputum in pneumonia

The sputum in pneumonia, bronchitis and bronchial asthma, its analysis allows to identify the cause of the disease, its character, stage, order treatment in the future was correct and effective. Treatment by the microbiological research more effective, in contrast to the empirical treatment directed at a specific patient, is becoming less costly and of good quality.

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Why cough often with sputum departs

Coughing is a reflex that is triggered at the moment bring up mucus and other foreign particles from the respiratory ways of the patient. Coughing contributes to many diseases, therefore before treatment it is important to determine its causes, character, color of sputum. Sputum is a secret between the trachea and the lungs.

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For pneumonia discharge has a pathological character, from the nose begins to stand out serous purulent fluid, sometimes with blood. The mucus secreted by the respiratory ways, and that's fine, when driven by air, sometimes enriched and infected with microbes entering the body, meets the barrier flap in its path. In the mucus contains immune cells that immediately when confronted with microbes enter with them fight.

Cough is not a disease, rather a reaction to a disease, a symptom, a result of contractions of the muscles of the Airways and irritation of their receptors. The respiratory system is arranged so that the cleansing of the mucus is effected by the cilia inside the bronchial tubes. The cilia move and clear the bronchi.

In a healthy person, mucus is produced to 100 ml per day. If the respiratory system pathology has been produced by the mucus dramatically increases in volume to 1500 ml per day, can be different colors and composition.

What does the color of sputum

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For pneumonia discharge has a pathological character, from the nose begins to stand out serous purulent fluid, sometimes with blood. The mucus secreted by the respiratory ways, and that's fine, when driven by air, sometimes enriched and infected with microbes entering the body, meets the barrier flap in its path. In the mucus contains immune cells that immediately when confronted with microbes enter with them fight.

Cough is not a disease, rather a reaction to a disease, a symptom, a result of contractions of the muscles of the Airways and irritation of their receptors. The respiratory system is arranged so that the cleansing of the mucus iscilia inside the bronchial tubes. The cilia move and clear the bronchi.

In a healthy person, mucus is produced to 100 ml per day. If the respiratory system pathology has been produced by the mucus dramatically increases in volume to 1500 ml per day, can be different colors and composition.

How to treat cough with phlegm

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Before treating a cough, it is necessary to establish the cause of its occurrence, to pay attention to the type of cough, dry or with sputum. Pneumonia is not treated at home. Sputum is taken for analysis to laboratory studies, the definition of disease, also taking into account the individual characteristics of the patient for a follow-up appointment treatment course and prevent side effects from the wrong medication.

With a wet cough with sputum production, the patient is recommended bed rest, drink plenty of liquids, herbal drugs. In the destination include antibiotics; bronchiodialator, enveloping, expectorant preparations; preparations to reduce irritation.

Useful inhalation with the use of chloride, sodium benzoate, ammonium chloride, herbal extracts. It is important to moisturize the mucous thin out the mucus, to increase its discharge, to relax the smooth muscle of the bronchi. In addition, the above drugs are considered excellent anesthetics and analgesics in sore throat, difficulty when swallowing, caused by persistent cough.

Shown steam inhalation, but children up to 1 year to apply them is not recommended with the existing CNS lesions cannot be taken thermopsis, Ipecacuanha: they lead to vomiting. In infants vomiting when coughing can lead to aspiration, asphyxiation.

Pneumonia is treatable with medication, prescription drugs consist of:

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  1. Expectorants, promote rapid and easy separation of sputum, reducing its viscosity.
  2. Mukoreguliruyuschim funds: acetylcysteine, Bromhexine, carbocisteine, Ambroxol, which will restore the viscosity of mucus, contribute to its rapid excretion. Do not take carbocisteine, bromgeksin, acetylcysteine during exacerbation of asthma: this leads to spasm of the bronchi, which is very dangerous for the overall human condition.
  3. Mucolytics and helps to stabilize the discharge of secretions from the bronchi, improves the discharge of mucus. Mucolytics are similar to ACC are assigned to the pathological processes taking place in the trachea, bronchi or lungs of the patient, as well as children from 1 year to 3 years.
  4. Antihistamines, if the cause of the cough was allergies. Loratadine,Fexofenadine will quickly eliminate unpleasant symptoms, the mucus will move faster. Reflex remedies for cough is considered thermopsis, marshmallow, licorice, essential oils, getting into the stomach, irritating him and the mucous membranes and the salivary glands start working faster and harder.

Cough without fever

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Pneumonia usually occurs with increasing temperature, since the infectious disease caused by the penetration and development of microbes in the bronchi and mucous membranes.

If I cough, but no fever, it is possible to suspect:

  • venereal disease;
  • heart failure;
  • an allergic reaction to something;
  • respiratory disease;
  • effect on mucous toxins coming from the outside.

Often, especially in the morning, the cough may be triggered by mites, attacked feather pillows. Cough is inevitable when Smoking. When you cough without fever you need to increase the intake of fluids, mucus becomes less viscous, to be excreted from the respiratory tract will be faster. Antibiotics should not be independent and spontaneous, all about their reception is better to consult a doctor, many of them have contraindications, detrimental effect on other, healthy organs.

What to do if the cough does not pass

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If all of the above treatments do not succeed, the cough does not stop, leaves an unpleasant, stinking, strange-colored phlegm, then you need to pass a number of additional surveys. Your doctor may prescribe:

  • a Mantoux test (in young children);
  • the cultures in the study of the flora of the sputum;
  • tests for chlamydia, Mycoplasma;
  • the x-ray examination of the chest of the patient.

Postural drainage or special exercises will free the organs of breathing from phlegm, cleanse from accumulated mucus.

Patient need to lie on your back without a pillow, to turn slowly around its axis by 45 degrees, to breathe with full breast. Repeat the procedure 6-8 times. Mucus aktiviziruyutsya, rise to the larynx, will remain her to spit.

To kneel, to bend the torso forward and backward, and so 6-8 times.

Lie on the side closer to the edge of the bed, dangling to the maximum ahead of the upper part of the body. Make 4-6 tilts. Repeat the procedure 5-6 times a day.

Diagnosis of pneumonia is not complicated. Listening and an x-ray will show its presence or absence. Much more difficult to identify the causative agent of pneumonia.

If pneumonia is not particularly brutal and uncomplicated, healing is possible after 3-4 weeks.

This pneumonia it can be treated at home, following the advice of a doctor. But no self-treatment, treatment should be under medical supervision. Be healthy!