What is Lung Disease?

Diseases of the lungs. Today refers to tuberculosis. A series of symptoms mainly including low fever, cough and sputum.

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Diseases of the lungs. Today

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a more common chronic infection caused by human or bovine tuberculosis, which is divided into two categories: primary (primary infection) and secondary (reinfection).

Symptoms: long-term low fever, more than in the afternoon or evening, the next morning is normal, may be accompanied by burnout, fatigue, night sweats. Cough, expectoration, hemoptysis.

Signs: There are diversity. When the lesions are mainly exudative or caseous pneumonia and the range is wide, percussion dullness, auscultation, bronchial breath sounds and fine wet murmurs appear.

Sputum tuberculosis examination is the most specific method for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

X-ray examination is necessary to diagnose tuberculosis.

Most cases can be cured with anti-TB drugs. A small number of tuberculosis bulbs without timely and appropriate medical treatment or due to bacterial resistance, severe tissue destruction, cavity formation, repeated hemoptysis, or tuberculosis more than 2 cm in diameter require surgical treatment. The most commonly used are pneumonectomy and thoracotomy.