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Pneumonia, Shivers, Fever, Long Sputum, Blood Report And Sputum Normal.
My father has been a PNEUMONIA(Nimonya) patient .The Dr told just star PNEUMONIA(Nimonya). And the symptoms is shivering fever and long sputum ... blood report is ok, sputum check is ok.. but somtime has fever and sputum.My father is 64 years old man ....Sir what I Do?
Sun, 6 May 2012
Hi,
fever could be the only feature of pneumonia.it is caused by an infection in the lungs. The diagnosis will be confirmed by a good quality chest Xray - which must show a patch. In view of his age he needs to be assessed carefully to see if he can be treated as an inpatient or an out patient.There is a score known as the PORT score which can be used to decide this. also its important to know whether your father had been admitted in a hospital or visited any health care facility in the 14 days prior to his symptom onset.This is to differentiate between an community acquired pneumonia and a hospital acquired pneuminia.
whether he is at home or in the hospital he will require antibiotic therapy if there is apneumonia. please follow-up with your doctor quickly because the earlier the antibiotic is administered the better the outcome
fever could be the only feature of pneumonia.it is caused by an infection in the lungs. The diagnosis will be confirmed by a good quality chest Xray - which must show a patch. In view of his age he needs to be assessed carefully to see if he can be treated as an inpatient or an out patient.There is a score known as the PORT score which can be used to decide this. also its important to know whether your father had been admitted in a hospital or visited any health care facility in the 14 days prior to his symptom onset.This is to differentiate between an community acquired pneumonia and a hospital acquired pneuminia.
whether he is at home or in the hospital he will require antibiotic therapy if there is apneumonia. please follow-up with your doctor quickly because the earlier the antibiotic is administered the better the outcome
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