What Are the Risks of Pneumonia In Pregnancy?

When pneumococcus pneumoniae invades the lungs from the upper respiratory tract, it often reproduces in the alveoli and causes inflammation, and spreads to the surroundings through the alveolar pores. The disease is not limited by the lung segment and can affect the entire lung lobe, so pneumococcal pneumonia is also called lobar pneumonia.

Pneumonia during pregnancy

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When pneumococcus pneumoniae invades the lungs from the upper respiratory tract, it often reproduces in the alveoli and causes inflammation, and spreads to the surroundings through the alveolar pores. The disease is not limited by the lung segment and can affect the entire lung lobe, so pneumococcal pneumonia is also called lobar pneumonia.

Chinese name

Pneumonia during pregnancy

Pathogen

Pneumococcus

Clinical features

Have a history of colds within 1 to 2 weeks before onset

Sudden onset

High fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath

Pneumococci are paired round, lancet-shaped, and some are short-chain, so they are also called pneumococci. May be present in the nasopharynx of a healthy person. The disease occurs in winter and spring, and rarely in summer.

(1) He had a history of cold and cold within 1 to 2 weeks before the onset of illness.

(2) Sudden onset, sudden appearance of chills (or chills), high fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath.

(3) Rusty sputum is coughed up, which is characteristic of sputum of pneumococcal pneumonia. However, most patients only cough yellow sputum.

(4) When the inflammation of the lungs affects the diaphragm, the pain radiates to the upper abdominal region, similar to the symptoms of acute abdomen.

(5) Pulmonary signs can be normal in the early stage, dullness can be seen in the late chest palpation, and ear sounds can be enhanced in Xin diagnosis. Some patients may experience pleural friction.

(6) Pneumonia in the second and third trimester of pregnancy, hypoxia causes shortness of breath and aggravation of cyanosis. Dry skin, fluttering nose and difficulty breathing.

(7) Under effective antibiotic treatment, body temperature can return to normal within 24 hours to 2 to 3 days, the condition improves rapidly, cough and chest pain are alleviated, and signs of consolidation of the lungs disappear.

(8) The total number of peripheral blood leukocytes in the laboratory was as high as 20-30 × 109 / liter. Above 8 and the nuclear shift left. Poisonous particles can be seen in the cytoplasm.

(9) X-ray examination of lung texture increased and thickened early. The consolidation phase of the lung is a large sheet of fuzzy shadow distributed along the lung lobe, which can be limited to single leaf, two leaf, or multi-leaf.