Contents:
- Medical Video: Pneumonia | Nucleus Health
- Can asthma cause pneumonia?
- Can pneumonia trigger asthma?
- Then, what about the treatment of asthma and pneumonia? Can it be equated?
Medical Video: Pneumonia | Nucleus Health
Symptoms of asthma attacks and pneumonia at a glance can look similar, so maybe many people who are confused distinguish the two.Many also wonder whether asthma can cause pneumonia, or can pneumonia cause asthma? Or indeed asthma and pneumonia are indeed interrelated? This article will answer your confusion regarding asthma and pneumonia.
Can asthma cause pneumonia?
Pneumonia is an infection that triggers inflammation in air pockets in one or both lungs. In people with pneumonia, a collection of small air bags at the end of the respiratory tract in the lungs will swell and be filled with fluid.
While asthma is a type of long-term or chronic disease in the respiratory tract that is characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the airways which cause tightness or difficulty breathing. In addition to breathing difficulties, people with asthma can also experience other symptoms such as chest pain, coughing, and wheezing. Asthma can be suffered by all ages, whether young or old.
The relationship between asthma and pneumonia is still debated to date. But the FDA, equivalent to the American BPOM agency warns there are side effects from some drugs used for the treatment of asthma.
In one study found pneumonia had occurred twice in asthma patients after using a combination treatment of steroid drugs and LABA inhalers (long-acting bronchodilator / long-acting beta2-agonist) for the treatment of asthma compared with asthma patients who only use the LABA inhaler, but this study still has to be done further.
This does not mean you have to stop taking your asthma medication. It is important for you to know that the risk of pneumonia increases in asthma patients aged 65 years and over.
Can pneumonia trigger asthma?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterium that causes pneumonia. Usually the symptoms of pneumonia caused by these bacteria can heal on their own without being treated with antibiotics, but still need to be aware of.
But after research, the researchers found evidence of an association between asthma and pneumonia. The study found that the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae can also trigger asthma.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is more commonly found in asthma patients who are hospitalized than asthma patients who are hospitalized because of other risk factors. This bacterium is also found in children who have exacerbation of asthma.
Recurrent asthma (exacerbation) is a symptom in asthma that is categorized as the most acute of all the other symptoms. At this level, the symptoms of asthma must be carefully watched out and must be found out how to handle them.
This is because the worst impact that will be caused is not only loss of self-awareness or fainting, but to life threatening. For this reason, acute asthma can no longer be underestimated or underestimated.
Nearly 40 percent of children infected with the bacterium mycoplasma pneumoniae have to undergo pulmonary function tests for 3 months and if they are cured they must continue this test every 3 years after infection. This bacterium according to the study links asthma and pneumonia.
Then, what about the treatment of asthma and pneumonia? Can it be equated?
If the cause of the asthma attack is the bacterium mycoplasma pneumoniae, should the treatment be given antibiotics? Until now there has been no recommendation to prescribe antibiotics for asthma patients. However, to treat pneumonia caused by these bacteria still need antibiotics.
A study was conducted in 2006, this study compared the treatment of asthma patients with antibiotics and placebo (empty drugs). Asthma patients who receive antibiotics experience improved asthma symptoms, but not lung function. Until now, there were no studies or treatments that recommended the use of antibiotics for chronic asthma and exacerbations of asthma.
