“Dr. Manoon” opens the case of an 88-year-old woman who slept in a closed room for several months, eventually developing a lung infection.
Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong reveals the เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย case of an 88-year-old. woman who stayed in a closed room for several months before being diagnosed with a “lung infection”. Suspected to be caused by germs in the air vents.
Today (30 Jan 68), Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong, a respiratory specialist at Vichaiyut Hospital, posted a message on his Facebook page, Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong FC. Revealing the case of a woman who had been staying at a condo. The room had been closed and unused for several months. Not long after, she began to feel ill, coughing with phlegm. Which revealed a halo on her left lung. The doctor concluded that she had a bacterial lung infection. He emphasized that this disease is not contagious from person to person.
The post said, “An 88-year-old female patient lives in Bangkok and traveled to Khao Yai on January 13, 2025. She stayed in a room in a condominium, which had been closed for months and no one had lived there.
Two days later, I started having a fever. oughing at first with clear sputum, then more sputum, tired, no runny nose, no sore throat, no headache, no body aches. I went to a hospital near Pak Chong for treatment. An X-ray of my lungs there found an abnormality in my lower left side. Blood cultures did not come up. I received antibiotics.
Physical examination: Fingertip oxygen level was low at 87%. Blood test showed normal white blood cells, chest X-ray showed white patches in the lower left lung, computerized lung scan confirmed white patches in the lower left lung and slight pleural fluid. White blood cell blood test was normal. Nasal swab sent for genetic code testing for 22 strains.
Diagnosis: Infection with Legionella pneumophila bacteria causing pneumonia.
Give azithromycin and levofloxacin.
The patient is better, no cough, no fatigue, normal oxygen level, no need for oxygen. On January 26, chest X-ray returned to normal. By a bacterium called Legionella pneumophila.
Including Thailand, in natural water sources and man-made water sources such as cooling towers in hotels, hospitals, water trays from air conditioners, and water tanks in water distribution systems.
This patient went into his own room in a condominium. The germs might have grown in the water or the air conditioning in the room. When taking a shower and turning on the air conditioning, the germs spread into the air. Older patients are at risk and inhaled the germs into their lungs. Two days later, they developed pneumonia. However, the person who slept in the room with him was in good health and younger.