PNEUMONIA COMPLICATIONS.
The complications of this disease are numerous, but most of them, particularly the more serious ones, arc, fortunately, comparatively uncommon. The commonest of all is pleurisy, which manifests itself as a severe pain in one or other part of the chest, and made worse by deep breathing or coughing. The appearance of a pleurisy during pneumonia does not make the outlook any worse; it merely adds to the discomfort of the patient. Constipation coming on severely during pneumonia adds much to the seriousness of the disease. By careful attention from the outset of the disease this can usually be prevented. Following the crisis by a day or two another complication sometimes appears: empyema) or purulent pjeurisy. One should always be on the look-out for this and be suspicious of it if after the crisis the patient's temperature again begins to go up. The sooner it is recognised the better, as it requires a surgical operation.
Other more serious complications, which, fortunately, are unusual, are peritonitis, inflammation of the coverings of the heart, meningitis and purulent inflammation of joints.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21118, 27 February 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)
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180PNEUMONIA COMPLICATIONS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21118, 27 February 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)
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