Bacterial bronchitis

Description:

Bacterial bronchitis is an inflammation of a mucous membrane of a tracheobronchial tree of bacterial genesis.

Symptoms of Bacterial bronchitis:

Beginning of a disease acute. Patients complain of slackness, weakness, weakness, burning, a sadeniye, a sensation of discomfort behind a breast that it is connected with existence of tracheitis. Dry and wet cough with a small amount of a phlegm disturbs. Cough develops in connection with an inflammation of a mucous membrane of a trachea or large bronchial tube and irritation of nerve terminations. Quite often the inflammation in bronchial tubes is preceded by rhinitis or laryngitis. Body temperature increases slightly, to subfebrile figures more often. In lungs rigid breath and dry rattles can be listened. In blood of essential changes does not happen. At a medium-weight current subfebrile temperature can be within several days, the febricula, weakness amplify, muscular pains can be noted. Cough, as a rule, dry, pristupoobrazny, is followed by the complicated breath and an asthma. The mucous phlegm separates, but it can be and mucopurulent.
In hard cases the above described symptoms progress: the bright hyperemia of a mucous membrane and pharynx is noted, breath is speeded up, an asthma accrues. Auskultativno listens dry and wet rattles of various timbre and caliber, rigid breath. At auscultation of heart are noted the tachycardia corresponding to temperature reaction.
Radiological expansion and an illegibility of roots of lungs, strengthening of the pulmonary drawing in lower parts are defined. Indicators of lung ventilation decrease.
In blood there can be a moderate leukocytosis with a deviation to the left, SOE increases to 20-30 mm an hour.
In 2-4 o'clock in the afternoon the acute phenomena, as a rule, abate, department of a phlegm begins, and by the end of the week bronchitis usually disappears. But some patients have cough with a mucous phlegm within 2-3 weeks.

Reasons of Bacterial bronchitis:

Source of an infection is the bacterial flora (stafilo-, strepto-, a pneumococcus, etc.). Initially bacterial bronchitis meets less than virus and virus and bacterial.
Viruses and bacteria most often get aerogenno with the inhaled air, but also hematogenous and lymphogenous penetration into bronchial tubes of infectious and toxic agents is possible.

Treatment of Bacterial bronchitis:

Treatment of an acute bronchitis symptomatic, using febrifugal and anesthetics (acetylsalicylic acid of 0,5 g in combination with caffeine on 0,1 g 3 times a day). Vitamins: With - on 0,1 g 3 times a day, And - on 0,003 g 3 times a day.
Plentiful drink, tea with a lemon, honey, raspberry, a linden, the warmed-up mineral waters are recommended. The bed rest with regular airing of the room is shown to patients.
At the heavy course of bronchitis and lack of effect of above-mentioned therapy appoint antibiotics and sulfanamide drugs: penicillin - 500000 PIECES of 6 times a day intramusculary, Oletetrinum - 250000 PIECES 4 times a day inside, Etazolum - on 1 g 3 times a day, i.e. treatment, as at an acute pneumonia. For the night banks and mustard plasters are recommended.
At painful cough appoint a hydrocodon phosphate - on 0,01 g with hydrosodium carbonate - on 0,3 g 2-3 times a day.
Expectorants are good: a thermopsis, 3% potassium iodide solution, glycyrrhiza root infusion - on 1 tablespoon of 6-8 times a day.
In the presence of a bronchospasm apply ephedrine - 0,025 g, an Euphyllinum - 0,15 g 3 times a day. Treatment should be carried out to an absolute recovery. Patients with an acute bronchitis irrespective of age are subject to release from work.