The main symptoms of lung inflammation in children and adults. Learn how to recognize pneumonia in the early stages.
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- What symptoms begins inflammation of the lungs
- Features of the symptoms of lung inflammation in children
Pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs is a serious disease. Cause it both viruses and bacteria and even fungi. Symptoms of inflammation of the lungs of any origin in principle the same. On the one hand, it facilitates the formulation of a preliminary diagnosis, but on the other — can send a doctor by incorrect path. However, ordinary people are enough to know the basic signs of the disease, and then let experts understand.
The main groups of symptoms at pneumonia are as follows:
- infectious toxic syndrome;
- respiratory syndrome;
- cough;
- chest pain.
What symptoms begins inflammation of the lungs
Most often inflammation of the lungs begins acutely with the so-called infectious-toxic syndrome. This syndrome is common to many diseases, however, it is the reason for the doctor's appeal in the first hours.
Depending on the form (focal or brunt), pneumonia begins with a temperature lift to 39 degrees, and in severe cases — and above 40. High temperature is accompanied by a strong chill, pronounced weakness, in some cases even a violation of consciousness — delirium, stunning.
In people of old age, the temperature can increase slightly — Less than 38 degrees. Lack of fever with well-pronounced remaining symptoms of the disease is considered a threatening sign.
The following in the case of respiratory authorities come into. Cough arises, first dry, painful, capable even provoke vomiting. A few days later he goes into wet. The discharge wet may differ in consistency and color. These data take into account the doctor when he makes the assumption of the causative.
Symptoms of lung inflammation: what feels a patient
Further development of the pathological process in the lungs leads to the appearance of pain in the chest. Depending on the localization of the focus of pain inflammation, there may be permanent, non-disciphetic and non-coughing. This of their character speaks of the presence of a focus in the lung fabric itself.
If the pain is enhanced with breath or cough, then we can talk about the involvement in the process of pleura — serous shell, lining light and chest from the inside.
Signs of respiratory failure due to several reasons. Initially, the patient cannot breathe deeply because of cough. Later joined pain, also interfering to take a deep breath. When inflammation applies further, a significant part of the lung turns off from the respiratory process. The remaining body fabric cannot fully provide body breathing. In this regard, the signs of respiratory failure are growing.
The patient complains of shortness of breath, feeling the lack of air from the first days of the disease. At the same time, the increase in breathing (more than 20 times per minute) is revealed, it becomes superficial. With a severe course of the disease, additional muscles are included in the respiratory process, the wings of the nose swell at the moment of breath. All this is accompanied by the appearance of skin pallor with a blue nasolabial triangle. In the event of respiratory failure, the patient is on the verge of life and death.
Features of the symptoms of lung inflammation in children
Children's symptoms of lung inflammation are quite typical, but newborns and infants may begin the disease differently. On the fore the abdominal syndrome. The child is broken by a chair, vomiting appears, the baby is dried with legs and presses them to the stomach. Such an atypical picture of the manifestations of the disease is often the cause of diagnostic errors. However, the radiography of the chest and in children, and in adults it puts everything in places. The value of this study is so high that they do in any suspicion of pneumonia.
Another feature of clinical symptoms is an accelerated increase in respiratory failure. This is due to the higher need of the child's body in oxygen and less developed compensatory mechanisms.
The earlier the symptoms of lung inflammation will be revealed, the faster and more efficient will be treated. Therefore, it is very important to promptly recognize the first signs of the impending trouble and causing a doctor as soon as possible.
