5/3/08

what inspections should the pneumonia patients have?

Once the suspect himself is suffering from pneumonia, should be timely to go to the hospital for further examination, has a clear diagnosis and timely treatment, so as not to waste condition. First of all doctors should be clarifying the situation and their symptoms, the patients with pneumonia in general should check the following:

⑴ blood routine inspection
This is the most commonly used means of inspection, including the total number of blood interleukin, IL in various WBC as a percentage of overall. The total number of normal human interleukin 4 ~ 10 × 10 9个/ L, neutrophil percentage of less than 70 percent, if the WBC total of more than 10 × 10 9个/ L, neutrophil percentages over 70 percent, we say this patient High blood, which is common bacterial pneumonia and blood change.

⑵ X-ray examination:
To patients through the X-ray inspection, can understand the changes in the lungs, this is an important means of diagnosis of pneumonia, although through the blood and X-ray diagnosis of pneumonia can be, but from what pneumonia is caused by pathogens, from bacteria , Or by the virus, mycoplasma, fungi, and other cause, what is the type of bacteria, the two checks will not be able to tell us, can only be reasonable for patients with sputum, blood culture could really do identify pathogens. Doctors can be targeted by pathogens sensitive to the drug treatment had. Blood, chest X-ray and sputum examination is suffering from pneumonia patients to the most basic checks, in addition there are chest CT scan. However, if patients in the same position recurring pneumonia or X-ray on the other suspicious lesions, and the general inspection to clear the time of diagnosis, on the need for chest CT scan or other further examination.

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