Pneumonia

Pneumonia treatment depends on the cause of your pneumonia, your symptoms, your age and overall health. Most healthy people recover from pneumonia in 1 to3 weeks, but pneumonia can be life-threatening.

1. Physical exam:-Our Doctor will listen to your lungs with a stethoscope. Symptoms are if your lungs may make crackling, bubbling, and rumbling sounds when you inhale. You also may be wheezing, and it may be hard to hear sounds of breathing in some areas of your chest.
2. Chest X-ray recommended if suspects pneumonia.
3. Some patients may need other tests, including.
4. Blood test to check white blood cell count and to try to know the germ which may be in your blood as well.
5. Arterial blood gases to see if enough oxygen is getting into your blood from the lungs.
6. CT scan of the chest to get a better view of the lungs.
7. Sputum tests to look for the organism (that can detect in the mucus collected from you after a deep cough) causing your symptoms.
8. Pleural fluid culture if there is fluid in the space surrounding the lungs.
9. Bronchoscopy, a procedure used to look into the lungs' airways, which would be performed if you are hospitalized and antibiotics are not working well.

Pneumonia treatment depends on the cause of your pneumonia, your symptoms, your age and overall health. Most healthy people recover from pneumonia in 1 to3 weeks, but pneumonia can be life-threatening.

Most people can be treated at home by following these steps:-

1. Drink plenty of fluids to help loosen secretions and bring up phlegm.
2. Get lots of rest. Have someone else do household chores.

If your pneumonia becomes so severe that you are treated in the hospital, you may receive fluids and antibiotics in your veins, oxygen therapy, and possibly breathing treatments.

You are more likely to be admitted to the hospital if you:-

1. Have another serious medical problem.
2. Have severe symptoms.
3. Are unable to care for yourself at home, or are unable to eat or drink.
4. Are older than 60 or a young child.
5. Have been taking antibiotics at home and are not getting better.

This is the most effective treatment for moderate or severe OSAS. This treatment involves wearing a mask when you sleep. A quiet electrical pump is connected to the mask to pump room air into your nose at a slight pressure. The slightly increased air pressure keeps the throat open when you are breathing at night and so prevents the blockage of airflow. With CPAP there is an immediate improvement in sleep and other symptoms such as daytime fatigue and snoring.