What is chronic pneumonia

If you often feel difficulty breathing, often cough and spit, and have facial swelling, you may have chronic pneumonia. Many people don’t know much about chronic pneumonia, nor do they know what symptoms it has. Because the early symptoms of chronic pneumonia are not obvious, most people do not realize they have chronic pneumonia until the disease worsens. So what is chronic pneumonia? Now let me tell you.

A disease course of more than 3 months is considered chronic pneumonia. The mortality rate of acute pneumonia in children has been decreasing in recent years, but children with severe pneumonia sometimes do not recover completely, and relapse and development of chronic pneumonia are not uncommon. Therefore, it is very important to prevent and treat chronic pneumonia in a timely manner.

The factors that contribute to chronic pneumonia include the following: 1. When children with malnutrition, rickets, congenital heart disease or tuberculosis develop pneumonia, the course of the disease is likely to be prolonged. Because they are often accompanied by reduced immune function, lung infections are prone to occur and are often difficult to treat. Patients with vitamin (such as vitamin A) deficiency and trace element (zinc, iron) deficiency are prone to pneumonia and have repeated attacks that are difficult to control. When children with congenital heart disease or tuberculosis develop pneumonia, the course of the disease is easily prolonged.

2. Viral infection causes interstitial pneumonia, which can easily develop into chronic pneumonia.

3. Recurrent upper respiratory tract infections or bronchitis and chronic sinusitis are all causes of chronic pneumonia.

4. Foreign objects that penetrate deep into the bronchi, especially those that lack irritation and do not cause initial acute fever (such as date pits), can be ignored and remain in the lungs for a long time, forming chronic pneumonia.

5. Children with immunodeficiency, including humoral and cellular immunity deficiency, complement deficiency and leukocyte phagocytic function deficiency can all suffer from repeated attacks of pneumonia, which may eventually become chronic.

6. Primary or secondary abnormalities in the morphology and function of respiratory cilia can cause chronic lung inflammation.

Now everyone knows what chronic pneumonia is and what dangers it causes, so we must take measures to prevent chronic pneumonia. In daily life, we must replenish our nutrition in time, do more physical exercise, and go to outdoor suburban areas to breathe fresh air. Finally, the editor wishes everyone good health.