Sick for a few weeks, Ingrid Chauvin, the flagship actress of the series Tomorrow belongs to us, announced on her Instagram account that she had suffered from double pneumonia. She is now recovering, she “regains her strength with the right treatment”. Pneumonia is indeed a lung infection that may require taking several antibiotics before finding the one that can fight the bacteria causing the disease. “Usually the treatment of first choice is the use of amoxicillin (with or without clavulanic acid), or spiramycin or pristinamycin. If symptoms do not improve within a few days, the doctor may have to change antibiotics “can be read on the Health Insurance website.
What are the symptoms of pneumonia?
Pneumonia is an infection of one or both lungs caused by bacteria (most commonly streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus), a virus, or sometimes a fungus, which enter the airways of the lung through the airways. The alveoli then fill with pus and fluid, causing the symptoms of pneumonia: cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, difficulty breathing and high fever (39-40 ° C).
When the right antibiotic treatment is found, the disease disappears within a fortnight. But certain complications can sometimes lead to hospitalization: a lung abscess, pleurisy (fluid in the lungs) or sepsis.
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