Pregnant women infected with pneumonia "strange" not to find out the root cause

(AP) - In the past week, three pregnant women have been transferred to hospital from heat illness in severe lung inflammation. Suspected lung damage caused by viruses, doctors conducted tests of influenza A/H5N1 virus, H1N1, H3N2, but the results were negative.

A severe pneumonia patients are being treated in isolation room pressure center, a tropical disease hospital INVESTMENT

A critical illness of unknown cause

Nguyen Thi My Linh patients (22 years old, native of Duc Hoa, Soc Son, Hanoi) is 34 weeks pregnant a sudden high fever suddenly, two days after the fever began breathing difficulties should be taken directly to family illness central institute of tropical diseases. When hospitalized, the patient was in coma, doctors had to open the windpipe and mechanical ventilation for patients. At the same time, samples of patients Spirit also conducted the test, find the cause but were negative for the virus and the doctor could not find a root cause patients with severe pneumonia.

The patient has been treated positively moderate pneumonia calculated to keep the pregnancy. After nearly a week of treatment, lung inflammation was supported, patients do not have ventilation Spirit and can discharge in a few days. Son of the patients also were born at 35 weeks, weighing 1.7 kg and is still being raised in the glass cage at Children's Hospital INVESTMENT.
However, until now treating doctors still can not find the root cause of this patient's severe pneumonia.
Two other cases, patients D.TX, 19 (Hai Phong) is now 24 weeks pregnant and patients LMT also being treated at the Emergency Department - Treatment of active tropical disease hospital INVESTMENT, also due to pneumonia of unknown causes. Heart attack patients have been critical, has been removed pending recovery ventilator patients Xoan gold are still in serious condition, should continue ventilation.

Dr Intermediate, Deputy Head of Emergency - active treatment, Hospitals PRIVATE Tropical Diseases, said this when all three patients were hospitalized with severe breathing problems manifested after 2-3 days of high fever and associated X-ray results showed that very severe pneumonia and mechanical ventilation are required. "Patients who show symptoms of severe pneumonia due to respiratory failure and we are progressing patients with suspected viral pneumonia, should have taken samples to test with some influenza viruses are circulating, as influenza virus A/H5N1, A/H1N1, A/H3N2 flu but results were negative for. To date, two patients have been critical, a situation improved, but still can not find the root cause of all three of these patients, "said BS level.

Not a "strange disease"

While not finding out the root cause of pneumonia caused severe for pregnant women, but that BS level, it is not a "strange disease". As explained BS level, although the test results with three types of influenza viruses are circulating for the negative, but the logic of all three patients have shown this case is an inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses.

Furthermore, treatment experience, doctors have also seen many cases of severe pneumonia but not finding the root cause. "Not all cases of severe pneumonia after any test samples to find out the root cause as well. However, we are still saving samples of three patients in the closet deep sound, conditions will continue to test, find out the root cause of pneumonia caused heavy. In addition, three samples of these patients were also sent to the Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology FROM test ", said BS level.

Can not find the root causes disease, the doctors could proceed as a treatment of pneumonia cases usually based on the patient is pregnant. However, because the virus can not determine the cause, so patients are treated in special isolation room treatment negative pressure isolation to prevent the risk of infection.

BS alert level also, pregnant women often have weak immune systems than other subjects, so when there is fever, difficulty breathing need to be examined immediately to hospital, diagnosed in time, as three patients avoid people on, all were hospitalized in a state of very severe pneumonia, doctors have struggled new treatment saved the life of the patient from death.