Aspergillosis of the lungs

Lung aspergillosis is a disease caused by a variety of mold fungi aspergillus that enter the body during breathing. The accumulation of fungal friends causes not only pulmonary aspergillosis, but also diseases of other respiratory organs:

• bronchitis;
• pneumonia;
• inflammation of the pleura;
• bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.

Symptoms of pulmonary aspergillosis

Specialists note a variety of clinical manifestations of aspergillosis. In some cases, the disease is virtually asymptomatic. Such a person, not feeling sick, at the same time is the carrier of a colony of pathological fungi.

With weakened immunity the symptoms of aspergillosis are strongly pronounced. Signs indicative of the development of the disease are:

• general weakness, a feeling of malaise;
• decreased appetite, weight loss;
• pain in the chest ;
• dyspnea;
• fever and chills;
• restless sleep;
• the taste of mold in the mouth;
• cough with grayish sputum.

Often, the patient in the sputum visible greenish lumps (congestion of fungi) or bloody veins. Hemoptysis occurs as a result of vascular damage due to the growth of mycelium in the vascular walls and the development of thrombosis.

Treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis

For the treatment of aspergillosis, antimycotic drugs are prescribed. For mild forms of the disease tablets:

• Mycoheptin;
• Amphoglucamine.

The daily dose of the medicine is 400-600 thousand units., It is divided into 4-6 receptions.

When the upper respiratory tract is affected, inhalations with the preparation Amphotericin-B and 2.4% solution of Euphyllin are recommended. The course of inhalation takes from 1 to 2 weeks. After a week, the treatment course is repeated again.

Amphotericin B also can be administered intravenously. The course of treatment is 16-20 procedures with a frequency of at least 2 times a week. The drug is injected slowly, drip, while the amount of the injected substance depends on the weight of the body and the severity of the disease.

Eliminate obstruction of the respiratory tract with mucus by taking short courses of taking corticosteroids ( Prednisolone , Itraconazole), which are taken orally.

Patients who develop bleeding in pulmonary aspergillosis require lobectomy - surgery to remove the affected lobe of the lung. After the operation, antibiotics and antifungal medications are prescribed to prevent further spread of the infection.