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Bronchopneumonia, what is it? Bronchopneumonia is a common inflammation of the lung, also referred to as bronchial pneumonia, or lobular pneumonia. Inflammation starts in the small bronchial tubes - bronchioles, and irregularly spreads to the peribronchiolar alveoli and alveolar ducts. The result is that the inflammatory changes lead to the localized inflammatory consolidation in bronchioles and their surrounding alveoli of the lungs.

Peribronchiolar: Of, relating to, or surrounding the bronchioles./ pertaining to the area around the bronchioles.

Alveolus, alveoli: The terminal air sacs of the lungs formed by terminal dilations of the bronchioles, where gas exchange occurs. Bronchopneumonia causes

Most of the time, broncho-pneumonia is caused by bacterial infection, especially the pyogenic bacteria to form the suppurative pneumonia. Adenovirus, influenza virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae also plays a role.

Bronchopneumonia often occurs in human due to the lower body resistance and the impaired defense function of the respiratory tract. So, children, elderly persons and the sickly or weak persons are the main susceptible population.

Bronchopneumonia is the most common pneumonia in children. Bronchopneumonia symptoms

Bronchopneumonia is often secondary to some other diseases, such as tracheobronchitis, bronchiectasis, emphysema complicated by bullous emphysema, virus infections of upper respiratory

tract, and long-term lying in bed due to serious illness. So, some symptoms of the primary disease can easily cover up symptoms of the bronchopneumonia.

Cough and coughing up phlegm are both the main symptoms of bronchopneumonia.

Having fever and shortness of breath are also common.

Severe bronchopneumonia will cause problems in blood circulation, nerves, digestion and so on. Bronchopneumonia treatment

Because of the susceptible population of bronchopneumonia, active treatment is required to prevent further worse.

The treatment is generally recognized as effective for any bronchitis and pneumonia, such as cleaning indoor air, bed rest, sufficient food and fluid intake for energy supplement, breathing exercises.

Antipyretic analgesics are for fever. If the patients with productive sputum, expectorant agents will be given to promotes the discharge of phlegm. If the patients with dry, insatiable cough without phlegm, cough suppressants can be considered for this.

Antibiotic therapy and antiretroviral therapy can be used for bronchitis and pneumonia. It must be stressed that these treatment programs should be operated by your doctors.