Lung abscess is chronic - a long-term suppuration process, which is the outcome of an acute abscess.

Symptoms and course. Chronic abscess of the lung proceeds with exacerbations and improvements. During remission - complaints of cough with a small amount of sputum, sometimes hemoptysis, a slight increase in body temperature, sweating, chilliness, shortness of breath with physical exertion. During periods of exacerbations (cooling, viral infection), the temperature rises, sputum increases significantly. Above the abscess zone, hard, sometimes bronchial breathing, wet rales.

Recognition.

On the X-ray of the lungs - a cavity with a level of fluid in it, surrounded by an area of ??inflammation. When bronchoscopy from the draining bronchus is allocated pus. In the blood - a decrease in the level of hemoglobin, leukocytosis (in the period of exacerbation), a shift of the formula to the left, an increase in ESR.

Treatment. Conservative treatment of lung abscess - antibiotics, medical bronchoscopies allow to stop exacerbation. The main method remains surgical: excision of the affected area of ??the lung.

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