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2.3. The Third Patient: Acute Airspace (Lobar) Pneumonia During the home visit, the patient is lying in bed, with the blanket tucked in solidly. What is immediately apparent is his accelerated breathing. He has a frequent cough, which is productive of yellow to green sputum that, not infrequently, contains traces of blood. It is a loose cough, during which the patient easily exhales, but he is unable to clear his airways coughing. The mounting red facial color leads us to suspect an increase in body temperature and, during physical examination it becomes apparent that the patient is burning with fever. A damp, musty smell is noticeable when turning back the covers. The patient is lying in semi-darkness, sleeps for long periods during the day, cannot concentrate, and feels thickheaded. In a kind of semi-sleep, the patient has rather turbulent ‘visions.’ As the patient wakes up, he can’t seem to get comfortable and tosses and turns a great deal. The pulse rate is high. Physical exertion and any physical activity cause, in no time, the tendency to faint and to sweat intensely. Moreover, the patient has less physical strength than normal. The muscle system as a whole tends to be hypotonic. During auscultation, thin, moist crepitating sounds as well as moist rhonchi are heard. The expirium is not prolonged. The patient does not complain much of the shortness of breath and inability to get enough air, but the shortness of breath can be noticed in the phenomena of flaring nostrils and the use of auxiliary breathing muscles. His skin feels warm and moist. 2.3.1. Signs and Symptoms of Acute Pneumonia Our general impression of this patient with acute lobar pneumonia is of a feverish, coughing person with a lowered awareness. We can list the signs and symptoms of this patient according to function:
a. The lower awareness is expressed in Sleepiness Dullness Decreased sensorium Loss of concentration Deliriousness b. He has breathing problems Tachypnea There may be a reflectory acute stop during inhalation There may be painful breathing The cough is loose and productive c. His muscle tone is decreased He has a generally lowered muscle tone He has loss of muscle strength Cold chills and chattering teeth off and on There is a tachycardia There is motoric restlessness d. There are metabolic changes Aversion to food A negative nitrogen balance Sweating F ever In general, there is an increase in dissolving catabolic processes throughout the entire body, especially in the lower airways. Pneumonia causes the patient to be acutely ill. Bolk’s Companions RespiRatoRy system DisoRDeRs anD theRapy - 17
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Sarcoidosis of the lung is a diseas
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already observed in fever. This als
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Appendix Therapeutic Methods The me
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systematically noted and which can
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Study of Medicine. Louis Bolk Insti
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