Causes of lung fungus formation

Lung fungus is a rare disease in people with a good immune system. Pulmonary fungus is a lung infection, the disease is difficult to diagnose and easily confused with other pneumonias. Without timely diagnosis and treatment, patients with pneumonia are at increased risk of death.

1. What is lung fungus?

Pulmonary fungus is fungal pneumonia. This is an infection in the lungs that can be caused by one or more fungi. Most fungi are only opportunity parasites, but when conditions are favorable, such as excessive use of antibiotics, prolonged corticoid use, or people with weakened immune systems (infected with HIV/AIDS)…

Diseases in the lungs are caused by a variety of fungi but most often aspergillus and Histoplasma fungi.

2. Are lung fungus dangerous?

Pulmonary fungal disease is a dangerous disease because the diagnosis of the disease in the lungs caused by fungi is very difficult and easily confused by the symptoms of the pulmonary fungus very similar to the signs of other pneumonias. Therefore, the treatment of patients with pulmonary fungus is also very easy to go in the wrong direction, making the condition worse. In addition, air is the main route of infection of the fungus, who inhales fungal spores in the air, into the lungs, which, if met with favorable conditions, will develop and cause disease.

Pulmonary fungal disease if not diagnosed and treated in a timely manner can put the person at high risk of death.

Lung fungus

Picture of pulmonary fungus

3. Symptoms of pulmonary fungal diseases

Signs of fungal lung disease are often atypical and easily confused with other inflammatory diseases in the lungs, such as pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis … The manifestations of fungal lung disease depend on the pathogen.

Some common symptoms in patients with pulmonary fungus, include:

  • Most patients have a prolonged high fever
  • Dry cough
  • Chest pain, discomfort in the chest
  • Diseases in the lungs caused by aspergillosis often cause the person to cough up blood
  • Swelling of the lymph nodes and obstruction of the air path caused by endemic fungal diseases
  • tired
  • Weight loss
  • Shortness of breath

Prolonged dry cough

Pulmonary fungal diseases that cause dry coughs

If the fungal disease is not treated, the fungal spores will spread to other parts and cause diseases, such as cerebral fungus (meningitis, brain pressure), myalitis, skin damage … in particular, patients are at high risk of contracting fungal infections. Prolonged pulmonary fungus puts patients at increased risk for serious complications such as unsular coughing up blood, depleted health, and life-threatening illness.

4. Causes of pulmonary fungal diseases

Diseases in the lungs are classified into two main types:

  • Classical fungal infections (Cryptococcus, Histoplasmoses)
  • Chance fungal infections (Candida, Aspergillus).

Aspergillus, Candida and Cryptococcus are the three most common lung pathogens.

Pulmonary fungal diseases are common in patients with impaired body resistance to disease, weakened immune system, or conversion disorders, nutritional disorders, or blood diseases, fungi that will develop in damaged or available niches or caused by necrosis.

A number of factors that make the fungus conditionally develop and cause pulmonary fungal diseases, including:

  • Patients who have had pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Long-term use of corticoids or the use of immuno-reducing drugs for treatment
  • People with weakened immune systems (HIV/AIDS infection or organ transplantation)

Lung fungus is not a contagious disease, the cause of fungal infection is the inhalation of fungal spores, they are in the air.

Candidiasis

Candida chance fungal infections

5. Subjects at risk for fungal lung disease

Some factors put you at increased risk for lung fungal diseases, such as:

  • Long-term use of corticoids
  • Patients with acute leukemia or lymphocytes
  • Patients receive organ transplants
  • Prolonged leukocycaemia
  • Weakened immune system
  • Congenital immunod decline

6. Prevention of pulmonary fungal diseases

The prevention of pulmonary fungal pathogens is really difficult because they are everywhere, from water sources, air … According to medical experts, in order to proactively prevent fungal lung disease, we need to improve the resistance of each individual, such as regularly practicing physical exercise, eating a lot of fruits, greens.

Patients at high risk for pulmonary fungus should be raised awareness, quickly diagnosed and treated promptly, avoiding to spread to the community.

Objects in the house need to be cleaned, avoid mold, arrange furniture neatly to avoid dampness.

Exercise

Improve resistance by practicing physical exercise

It is necessary to shave away and cover the paint with moldy walls. Clean the house, avoid food falling in the house. Masks should be carried when cleaning the house to avoid inhalation of fungi.

Patients with fungal lung disease are often difficult to diagnose, easily confused with other inflammatory diseases in the lungs by manifestations of the disease that are often atypical and very similar to symptoms of other pneumonia. Therefore, when detecting any signs of the disease, you need to immediately go to reputable medical facilities for timely examination, diagnosis and treatment, avoiding dangerous complications.

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b1ffdb54307529964874ff53a5c5de33?s=90&r=gI am the author of Share99.net. I had been working in Vinmec International General Hospital for over 10 years. I dedicate my passion on every post in this site.

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