Don't let death by pneumonia because alcohol in winter

Also, alcoholics when pneumonia is often heavier and faster performance. The high rate of hospitalized longer treatment time, and higher mortality rates in pneumonia who don't drink to above 20%. Also if as in alcoholic liver cirrhosis was the last stage of the expansion of the ancient pulmonary inflammation, the chance to live only about 30% or even lower.

In addition to the pneumonia-causing bacteria in normal persons, alcoholics are also very high risk of being infected with bacteria such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis Mycobacteryum). A study showed the death rate due to pneumonia in alcoholics has caused the bacteria by up to 83%.

Why alcoholics again susceptible to pneumonia?

Lead researcher Martha Gentry-Nielsen, Creighton University (uk), said, there are several causes explaining why alcoholics back with Streptococcus infection bacteria causing pneumonia. That is they lose the vomiting reflex oẹ. This means that the mucus from the nose and intestines will go into the lungs, especially when they don't notice. In addition, a "protective barrier in the lung of the alcoholics were inhibited, causing them to not be in the room to deal with the Streptococcus bacteria and create conditions for them to easily reach the lungs."

In addition, there are other causes is due to the change in the strain of bacteria that live in the oropharynx. In ordinary people also have a number of strains of bacteria living in this region and they are less likely to cause illness. In alcoholics has increased some types of gram-negative bacteria such as k. pneumoniae and this is the kind of highly toxic bacteria easily cause pneumonia.

The cause is the reflux room from the stomach up into the esophagus and lungs or occur in alcoholics. What this translates to carry bacteria from the gut up (due to the regular drinking of pH should decrease or loss has translated the ability to kill bacteria from the gut up) plus the acid room located in the Airways that cause pneumonia. People also see the activity of the respiratory mucus layer works very poorly and so very hard to push the secretions as well as bacteria out of the alveoli and bronchi.

Furthermore, when bacteria have penetrated to the lungs, the immune system in people with alcoholism (including macrophages, the white blood cells ...) very weak activity again in preventing the bacteria multiply and cause illness and finally the unsanitary condition (such as dental hygiene, etc.); smoking with alcohol; malnutrition status; diseases caused by alcohol are factors contributing to the coordination increases the possibility of pneumonia in alcoholics.

Expression of lung inflammation in alcoholics

The manifestations of pneumonia in alcoholic basically like pneumonia in humans like fever, cough (with phlegm or not), the medium-run, chest pain, shortness of breath, headaches, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, muscle pain, consciousness slowly. Clinical examination can see breathing fast, fast vessels. Visit the lung see RI district fenced off, the alveolar lung lining Palm, ran, humidity, explosive hiss, snoring. Shooting Xquang chest see have hurt the mob, drive or even lung lobe lesions.

However, in many cases, the symptoms of pneumonia in alcoholics usually very discreet because patients often drunk and the activity of the immune system, poor manifests as chest pain, fever ... not appear preteen.

The patient is usually hospitalized in two situations: one is heavy, two respiratory status is shocked (shocked reduced volume due to the loss of room infection or shock). The patient breathing intense, purple top lip, small fast vessels, skin re cold, blood pressure drop. Shooting Xquang chest see white lung a part or whole. These cases often evolve fast and bad deaths although there are aggressive resuscitation.

Treatment method

Before a case of pneumonia in alcoholic, of course the measures mainly used antibiotics. If antimicrobial results map, can be sensitive to the use of antibiotics or strains of bacteria that cause pneumonia in people with alcoholism as described above. This includes the antibiotic ceftazidime combined with a aminoside or quinolone use oral or injection depending on the condition.

With severe cases, often treated in the ICU with respiratory resuscitation measures, antibiotics, intravenous lines, provide enough nutrition, treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome as well as the full body damage caused by alcohol.

Without a measure would ensure that alcoholics don't get pneumonia. What that means is the best preventive measure is to avoid alcohol abuse or abandoned if were alcoholics. For alcoholics yet cai be, should pay attention to some measures such as regular oral hygiene as well as the whole body; quit smoking; full dining, many ... to reduce the risk of pneumonia. Should also pay attention to some early signs of pneumonia in people with alcoholism as are drinking wine dispose naturally, fatigue, chest pain, fevers were so tired ... to quickly put the patient visit and prompt treatment.=