Diseases of the lungs, bronchi and pleura (pulmonology)

Protracted pneumonia: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Protracted pneumonia is an inflammatory process in the lungs that began acutely but resolved over a period of more than 4 weeks. Unlike chronic pneumonia, protracted pneumonia necessarily ends in recovery.

Dry (fibrinous) pleurisy - Diagnosis

In fibrinous pleurisy, a high position of the diaphragm dome on the corresponding side, its lag during deep breathing, limited mobility of the lower pulmonary edge, and slight opacity of part of the pulmonary field can be determined. With significant fibrin deposits, it is sometimes possible to determine an unclear, indistinct shadow along the outer edge of the lung (a rare sign).

Dry (fibrinous) pleurisy - Symptoms

Diaphragmatic (basal) pleurisy is characterized by the localization of the inflammatory process in the diaphragmatic pleura and often develops with basal pneumonia and inflammatory processes in the subdiaphragmatic space.

Dry (fibrinous) pleurisy - Information Overview

In most patients, dry (fibrinous) pleurisy begins acutely, less often - gradually. Complaints of patients are extremely typical: chest pain, increased body temperature, general weakness.

Pleurisy - Treatment

Pleurisy is an inflammation of the pleural sheets with the formation of fibrin on their surface (dry, fibrinous pleurisy) or the accumulation of exudate of various types in the pleural area (exudative pleurisy). Treatment of patients with pleurisy includes the following measures.

Pleurisy - Causes and Pathogenesis

Depending on the etiology, all pleurisy can be divided into two large groups: infectious and non-infectious (aseptic). In infectious pleurisy, the inflammatory process in the pleura is caused by the action of infectious agents, while in non-infectious pleurisy, inflammation of the pleura occurs without the participation of pathogenic microorganisms.

Pleurisy - Information Overview

Exudative pleurisy - Information Overview

Exudative pleurisy is characterized by the accumulation of effusion in the pleural cavity during inflammatory processes in the pleural sheets and adjacent organs. According to the nature of the effusion, exudative pleurisy is divided into serous-fibrinous, purulent, putrefactive, hemorrhagic, eosinophilic, cholesterol, chylous. The most common cause of this pleurisy is tuberculosis, as well as pneumonia (para- or metapneumonic exudative pleurisy).

Night apnea

Sleep apnea is a periodic cessation of breathing during sleep lasting more than 10 seconds, combined with constant loud snoring and frequent awakenings, accompanied by severe daytime sleepiness.

Spontaneous pneumothorax: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a pathological condition characterized by the accumulation of air between the visceral and parietal pleura, not associated with mechanical damage to the lung or chest as a result of trauma or medical manipulation.