Treatment pneumonia prolonged course in Luhačovice

Acute pneumonia that does not go away for 4-6 weeks. Unlike chronic pneumonia, the prolonged form with proper treatment ends with recovery. According to statistics, out of 10 patients in 3 acute form takes a prolonged character. The most common reasons for the transition of pneumonia in the prolonged form include: irrational use of antibiotics, violation of the drainage functions of the bronchial canals, advanced age, the occurrence of complications, general weakening of the body, alcoholism, smoking, harmful working environment. It is worth talking about prolonged pneumonia at 2-3 weeks of the course of acute illness. Main symptoms are: low-grade fever (for a long time the body temperature stays at 37.1-38° C), severe fatigue, sweating, constant weakness, coughing, wheezing, shortness of sound during lung percussion. The pulmonologist is involved in the treatment of the disease.