Diseases of the lungs, bronchi and pleura (pulmonology)

Pneumoconiosis

Pneumoconiosis (from the Greek pneumon - lung, conis - dust) is a reaction of the lung tissue to the accumulation of dust in it. Aggressive dust particles can stimulate the formation of connective tissue in the lung parenchyma.

Tuberculosis of the upper respiratory tract, trachea and bronchi

Respiratory tract tuberculosis is considered a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis or intrathoracic lymph node tuberculosis. Only in very rare cases is respiratory tract tuberculosis an isolated lesion without clinically established tuberculosis of the respiratory organs.

Tuberculous pleurisy

Tuberculous pleurisy is an acute, subacute, chronic or recurrent tuberculous inflammation of the pleura, which can occur as a complication in any form of tuberculosis. Most often, pleurisy is observed in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Cirrhotic pulmonary tuberculosis

Cirrhotic tuberculosis develops in the final stage of a long-term tuberculosis process. In this form, fibrous changes in the lung and pleura prevail over specific manifestations of tuberculous inflammation, which are usually represented by separate encapsulated tuberculous foci, sometimes residual slit-like caverns; intrathoracic lymph nodes often contain calcifications.

Cavernous and fibrotic cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis

With a relatively favorable course of tuberculosis, infiltration and fresh foci sometimes quickly resolve, but the cavity of decay in the lung tissue can persist, become delimited and turn into a cavern.

Pulmonary tuberculoma

Pulmonary tuberculoma is a clinical form of tuberculosis in which a caseous-necrotic formation with a diameter of more than 12 mm forms in the lung tissue, separated from the adjacent lung tissue by a two-layer capsule.

Caseous pneumonia

Caseous pneumonia is one of the most severe forms of pulmonary tuberculosis. It is characterized by a sharply expressed caseous-necrotic component of tuberculous inflammation, rapid progression and the formation of multiple decay cavities.

Chronic bronchitis - Treatment

Chronic bronchitis is a chronic inflammatory process in the bronchi, accompanied by a cough with sputum production for at least 3 months a year for 2 or more years, while there are no diseases of the bronchopulmonary system and ENT organs that could cause these symptoms.

Pulmonary embolism (TELA) - Treatment

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the occlusion of the main trunk of the pulmonary artery or its branches of various calibers by a thrombus that initially formed in the veins of the systemic circulation or in the right cavities of the heart and carried into the vascular bed of the lungs by the blood flow.

Therapeutic regimen and nutrition for pneumonia

Treatment of a patient with acute pneumonia is usually carried out in a hospital. Patients with lobar pneumonia, complicated forms of acute pneumonia, severe clinical course with severe intoxication, severe concomitant diseases, as well as the impossibility of receiving high-quality outpatient treatment (lack of constant medical supervision, living in a hostel, etc.) are subject to mandatory hospitalization.