Symptoms of pneumonia caused by pneumococcus

Pneumococcal pneumonia, usually lobar pneumonia. In general, the onset of the disease is more acute, and the symptoms of poisoning are more severe. There may be sudden high fever, body temperature above 40 degrees, headache, chest pain, shortness of breath, irritability. In the early days, they tend not to cough or cough lightly, and often do not spit. Some patients may have chills, cough up rust-colored sputum, some patients can cough up yellow purulent sputum, and severe patients may have convulsions, delirium, coma and other manifestations of toxic encephalopathy.

1. Pathogenesis and symptoms of pneumococcal pneumonia

1. Lobar pneumonia, also known as pneumococcal pneumonia, is caused by pneumococcal infection and is an acute inflammation of the lungs with lobar distribution. Common triggers include cold, exertion, alcohol consumption, etc., which is an acute inflammation of the lung parenchyma caused by pneumococcus, which is generally more common in young adults.

2. The main clinical manifestations include sudden chills, high fever, cough, chest pain and rust-colored sputum. Typical x-rays show consolidation of a lung segment or lobe. The course of the disease is about a month, and if antibiotic treatment is applied in time, it can basically be cured.

2. How to treat pneumococcal pneumonia

For pneumonia caused by pneumococcus, sulfonamide drugs, penicillin and other treatments are more effective. But now pneumococci have been found to be resistant to penicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline, and for penicillin-resistant strains, vancomycin is still susceptible. At the same time, pay attention to bed rest and eat foods that are easy to digest.