Question 1

are there official recommendations for treating lung abscess?

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Drain,antibiotics: The treatment af any abcess regardless of location is drainage and IV antibiotics. Lung abcess sometimes drain into the tracheobronchial tree, sometimes spontaneously drain into the pleura thus causing empyema others require surgical drainage. This is a very serious complication of pneumonia. See your thoracic surgeon.

Question 2

what are the precautions to avoid lung abscess?

Accepted Answer

Avoid infections: Lung infections should be aggressively treated with prolonged antibiotic therapu, in pt with chronic suppurative inf. Or immunocompromised pts, it could happen and hard to avoid, .

Question 3

what is the natural outcome of the lung abscess?

Accepted Answer

Poor prognosis: Lung abscess occuring between the lung and chest wall is called an empyema and requires prompt drainage with a tube or surgery.  Empyemas tend to be quite acidic and increase in size destroying surrounding and eventually spreading to blood stream. Lung abscess in the lung also tend to increase in size and can enter the blood stream.  People who get abscess tend to be in poor health to start with

Question 4

what is a lung abscess?

Accepted Answer

Lung infection: Usualy caused by bugs aspirated from the oral cavity. Between the bug and the inflammatory response to the bug, the lung can form a cavity of destroyed lung tissue. The cavityh makes it diffigult for host defense and antibiotics to eradicate the infection and it can take many months to heal.

Question 5

hwo would you get a ?lung abscess?

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Many ways...: The most common way is for bacteria that is already infecting one place to travel to the lungs.  One of the more common sites is the mouth, particularly someone with bad teeth and and abscess.  Fungal infections are usually inhaled and can result in abscess formation.

Question 6

what is the definition or description of: lung abscess?

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Lung infection: A lung abscess is a focal collection of purulent materials (dead cells and bacteria) within the lung tissue, due to death of the surrounding tissue.  Treatment is with antibiotics.

Question 7

i work really hard to help my kids stay active and eat right. now one has a diagnosis of lung abscess. what else can i do so that it doesn't affect overall health?

Accepted Answer

See your doctor: Lung abscess is very rare in children. Have your doctor check your child out for aspiration, swallowing properly, and possible foreign body.

Question 8

what is treatment for lung abscess?

Accepted Answer

Antibiotics drainage: If a lung abscess is outside of the lung between the lung and chest wall it is called an empyema and needs to be drained using a tube or surgical drainage culture and appropriate antibiotics. Lung abscess inside the lung are usually treated with antibiotics and  specimens for cultures need to be collected.  Full medical workup is needed to find out underlying causes as well.

Question 9

could lung abscess be the cause of bad breath?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but no: A lung abscess is so completely rare when compared to oral reasons for bad breath. I would not suspect an abscess of a lung unless there where more breathing/pleurisy type symptoms. My first suggestion would be brush your tongue and drink water. See a dentist to determine if there is a true dental reason that you have bad breath if you are a smoker, stop now !

Question 10

are there different types of lung abscess? bacterial/fungal after pnuemonia & flu a? how is the recovery after lung damage in 21yr old ventil' patient

Accepted Answer

Yes: After severe influenza a secondary bacterial process would be typical. Fortunately young patients are resilient and a functional recovery is expected.

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