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Current therapy for pneumonia
There are more clinical types
of Pneumonia and each of them is cured according
to the path gnomonic mechanism which is responsible
for its apparition. If the pneumonia case is caused
by bacteria, less severe cases are cured with oral
medication administered at home and more dangerous
conditions are usually treated in hospitals by
intravenous antibiotics if complications like other
diseases or breathing difficulties are associated.
In case of viral pneumonias, there is no actual
treatment but medication for relieving the signs
and symptoms of the infection are required.
The doctor’s choice for your particular
treatment depends on different clinical expertise
and on a possible resistance to certain types of
antibiotics. All cases of pulmonary conditions
are diagnosed after a complete registration of
medical history, physical examination, chest X-ray
and further laboratory testing of samples of your
sputum, urine and blood tissue. Before the exact
cause of your pneumonia is known, a symptomatic
therapy is required; when the doctor has determined
whether a virus, fungi or bacteria is responsible
for your illness, he will prescribe you the specific
medication in your case.
The most common therapy for previous healthy patients
with no earlier antibiotic cures or with no ant
biotherapy in the last three months usually consists
out of the following medication:
1. Macrolids, such as Doxycycline, Clarythromicyne,
Azythromicin or Erythromycin.
2. Fluorochinolones like Levofloxacin, gatifloxacin
or Moxifloxacin
3. A Macrolide combined with Amoxicillin
4. A Macrolide combined with Augumentin
The therapeutic schema of patients with other
associated conditions such as diabetes, cancer
or heart failure, differ from case to case:
1. Macrolides like Azithromycin or Claritromycin
2. Fluoroquinolones like Levofloxacin, gatifloxacin
or Moxifloxacin
3. A Macrolide combined with Amoxicillin, Augmentin,
Cefpodoxime, Cefprozil or Cefuroxime.
In more severe pneumonia cases requiring hospitalization,
the patients will be administered intravenous antibiotics
and associated oxygen-therapy for assisting the
difficult breathing. The most common type of pneumonia
is caused by the bacterium called Streptococcus
Pneumoniae and can be usually cured in 5-10 days
of ant biotherapy. The remission period of the
infection may be prolonged if pneumonia is caused
by more aggressive bacteria like Pseudomonas or
Legionella, by fungi or if the recovery is compromised
by other medical conditions.
It is always important to take the complete medication
prescribed by the physician and not only until
symptoms disappear. Otherwise, it is possible that
the blamed bacteria will get resistant to the antibiotic
and cause more severe reoccurrence in the future;
in this case the infectious germ will no longer
respond to the previous antibiotic administered
and the cure will be hardened.
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