The document discusses lung abscess, including its definition, types, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, complications, and treatment. A lung abscess is a cavity filled with pus in the lung, usually caused by inhaling bacteria. It can be diagnosed using chest X-ray or CT scan. Treatment involves antibiotics, drainage if large, or possibly surgery.
The document discusses lung abscess, including its definition, types, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, complications, and treatment. A lung abscess is a cavity filled with pus in the lung, usually caused by inhaling bacteria. It can be diagnosed using chest X-ray or CT scan. Treatment involves antibiotics, drainage if large, or possibly surgery.
The document discusses lung abscess, including its definition, types, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, complications, and treatment. A lung abscess is a cavity filled with pus in the lung, usually caused by inhaling bacteria. It can be diagnosed using chest X-ray or CT scan. Treatment involves antibiotics, drainage if large, or possibly surgery.
The document discusses lung abscess, including its definition, types, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, complications, and treatment. A lung abscess is a cavity filled with pus in the lung, usually caused by inhaling bacteria. It can be diagnosed using chest X-ray or CT scan. Treatment involves antibiotics, drainage if large, or possibly surgery.
filled cavity in your lung surrounded by inflamed tissue. It usually results from breathing bacteri a that normally live in your mouth or throat into the lungs, leading to an infection. 7 Continue.. • A lung abscess is a cavity filled with pus. In most cases, it’s the result of a bacterial infection in lung tissue. The infection causes lung tissue to die. Pus collects in the resulting space. • A lung abscess can be challenging to treat, and it can also be life threatening. • If a lung abscess lasts for under 4 to 6 weeks, it’s considered acute. A lung abscess that lasts for longer than that is considered chronic. 8 Types of lung abscess
Primary lung abscess
• Primary abscesses are caused by an infection within the lung. • Alcohol use disorder is the condition most likely to make a person susceptible to developing a lung abscess. • People with alcohol use disorder often experience bouts of vomiting and altered levels of consciousness. These complications increase the likelihood of a person inhaling stomach contents and bacteria into the lungs, which can cause an infection. ●●● 9 Types of lung abscess
Secondary lung abscess
• Secondary abscesses are caused by anything other than an infection that starts in the lung. Examples include: • An obstruction of the large airways in the lung • Coexisting disease in the lungs • Infections from other parts of the body that spread to the lung • Secondary lung abscesses are less common than primary lung abscesses. 10 Causes of lung abscess A number of things can cause a lung abscess, including: • Not being able to cough: This often happens as a result of: Anesthesia Alcohol or drug use Nervous system diseases Sedation • Your immune system isn’t working well: This can let in germs that aren’t usually found in your mouth or throat, like fungi or the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, strep throat. ●●● 11 Causes of lung abscess • Poor oral health: People with gum disease are more likely to get an abscess. • Blocked airway: Mucus can form behind a tumor or foreign object in your windpipe and lead to an abscess. If bacteria get into the mucus, the blockage stops you from coughing it out. • Blood-borne causes: It’s rare, but bacteria or infected blood clots from an infected part of your body can travel through your bloodstream and into your lung, where they cause an abscess.
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A lung abscess is typically diagnosed in two ways:
• Chest X-ray: This shows your doctor where the abscess is. • CT scan of the chest: Your doctor is looking for an air- and fluid-filled cavity in the middle of your lung. The doctor might also use a device called a bronchoscope, a thin tube with a light and a camera on the end, to get samples of sputum or lung tissue for more tests 23 Differentiate diagnosis • Lung infarction • Malignance • Vasculititides (eg granulomatosis with polyangitis) • Lung cyst or bullae containing fluids Complications of lung abscess • Chronic abscess: That’s what it’s called if it lingers for more than 6 weeks. • Empyema: This is when an abscess breaks into the space between your lungs and chest wall and fills the space with pus. • Bleeding: It’s rare, but sometimes an abscess can destroy a blood vessel and cause serious bleeding. • Bronchopleural fistula: This is an opening between the tubes in your lungs and layers that cover them. 25 Treatment of lung abscess There are several ways to treat a lung abscess:
Antibiotics: Most people get antibiotics into a vein for
up to 3-8 weeks. You might switch to oral antibiotics after that. You’ll take them until a chest X-ray shows the abscess is gone. Drainage: You may need this if your abscess is 6 centimeters or more in diameter. Your doctor will use a CT scan to guide them as they insert the drain through your chest wall into the abscess. ●●● 29 Treatment of lung abscess Surgery: • It’s rare, but some people need surgery to remove the part of the lung with the abscess Sometimes the entire lung has to come out to get rid of the infection. • Surgery can also help remove a foreign object.
30 Conclusion • Antibiotic treatments will help most people make a full recovery. • And the earlier you get treatment, the better. It may be harder to bounce back if you’re weak, ill, have an impaired immune system, or have a tumor that blocks your airways.
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