Atypical pneumonia is quite a complicated disease, which can often be confused with the usual form of pneumonia. However, only for certain symptoms and development reasons can it be diagnosed correctly.
Causes of the disease
So, let's figure out for a start what an atypical pneumonia is. This disease, which was provoked by unusual pathogens for common pneumonia. Most often this diagnosis is put to people younger than forty. The causes of the occurrence of SARS are the following microorganisms:
- mycoplasma;
- chlamydia;
- salmonella;
- legionella ;
- koksielli;
- viruses.
Infection occurs with close contact with the patient, as it is transmitted by airborne, as well as by household means when using the objects of a sick person.
Symptoms of SARS in adults
At the very beginning of the development of the disease, and this can be not only hours, but also days, the symptoms may not be manifested at all. Only after some time some characteristic signs of atypical pneumonia in an adult can gradually appear. It complicates the detection of the correct diagnosis, the fact that the disease has the same similar characteristics as the usual pneumonia. So, the symptoms of atypical pneumonia:
- general malaise;
- weakness;
- chills and sweating;
- cough;
- elevated temperature;
- vomiting;
- diarrhea;
- nausea;
- headache;
- a feeling of lack of air;
- cardiopalmus;
- a disorder of the rhythm of breathing;
- augmentation of the chest;
- foamy discharge of saliva on the lips.
It is worth noting that the increase in temperature can take place in two phases. After the first, it can normalize, but after a while it will rise again and the organ will be damaged. Cough in a patient can go into a state where a person literally chokes and causes vomiting.
Depending on the pathogens, the symptoms may be slightly different, for example, viral pneumonia has the following:
- dry cough, which later passes into wet;
- coryza;
- intoxication;
- temperature;
- wheezing ;
- pain in the chest.
Symptoms of mycoplasma pneumonia:
- chills;
- sore throat;
- coryza;
- temperature;
- dyspnea;
- pain in the chest.
Legionellosis pneumonia begins with weakness, headache. Then there may be a cough, which is accompanied by pains in the chest and a small amount of blood in the sputum.
Treatment of SARS
If the disease is mild, then it can be treated at home. But with more acute manifestations of symptoms, it is best to consult a specialist.
The room where the patient is located should be ventilated, and it is also necessary to provide a plentiful drink, for example, tea with raspberries or herbal decoctions.
Since the SARS virus has not been thoroughly studied yet, many doctors prescribe a complex of antibiotics that help fight the disease:
- macrolides;
- tetracyclines;
- fluoroquinolones.
It can be the following medicines:
- Amoxiclav;
- Rovamycin;
- Kefzol;
- Zufalexin;
- Pefalcin;
- Ciprobay;
- Gentamicin;
- Claforan.
The duration and schedule of antibiotics can be prescribed
In order to prevent atypical pneumonia, one should refrain from visiting places with epidemic danger, contact with patients using masks, and never using things and objects of everyday life that touched the patient. It is very important to carry out disinfection of the room, as well as airing.