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How Can yeast Infection In The Lungs Be Treated?
I noticed that my love one who is in ICU now showed signs of purple colored tongue, before diagnosed for depths and yeast infection as well as infection in the lungs, possibly from swallowing food that went into lungs,also pneumonia with fever now on the vent
Sat, 1 Dec 2018
Hi,
Sounds systemic fungal infection.
As the patient is in ICU on a ventilator, there must be the adequate protocol of the investigations followed as CT chest, bronchoscopy, diagnostic pulmonary lavage and so forth.
Systemic antifungal, supportive care of vital parameter maintenance, respiratory function, nutritional care, and septicemia control would be the key features to shift the patient to the ward with success over time.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Purva Patel,
General & Family Physician
Sounds systemic fungal infection.
As the patient is in ICU on a ventilator, there must be the adequate protocol of the investigations followed as CT chest, bronchoscopy, diagnostic pulmonary lavage and so forth.
Systemic antifungal, supportive care of vital parameter maintenance, respiratory function, nutritional care, and septicemia control would be the key features to shift the patient to the ward with success over time.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Purva Patel,
General & Family Physician
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