The actor died at 65 in Los Angeles
The actor Val Kilmer died on Tuesday 1, at the age of 65, after a strong pneumonia. The artist, known for the roles in “Batman”, “The Doors” and “Top Gun”, was in Los Angeles, in the United States and had health problems that compromised his immune system.
In 2017, Kilmer had throat cancer and underwent intense treatment. After chemotherapy and tracheotomies, his voice was compromised, to the point of needing the use of artificial intelligence to regulate his speech in his last performance, even after healing the disease.
When can he kill pneumonia?
Pulmonologist Thiago Bartholo, assistant Professor of Polmonology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Uerj, explains that pneumonia is an acute infection of pulmonary paplant – lung tissue responsible for oxygen exchanges and carbon dioxide. The disease is caused by infectious agents, the most common being: bacterial agents and viral agents.
“Speaking of pneumonia acquired in the community, it is responsible for a series of travel and a series of hospitalizations, depending on its gravity. It can have a light form, a moderate or serious form,” he explains.
“One of the main factors that determine gravity and possible mortality are the factors of the same virulence, that is, the aggressiveness of the infectious agent, in addition to the patient’s conditions, if it is an immunosuppressed individual, if it has a risk factor and how this infection will evolve and how much it will be identified for the treatment, of course, the previous treatment determines greater effectiveness of the treatment.
The risk factors are different:
- Patients already with chronic lung disease
- Patients with cardiovascular disease
- Malnourished
- Diabetic
- Tabagists
- Alcoholism
- People with the weakened immune system
What are the symptoms of pneumonia?
The main symptoms are:
- fever
- Freddo
- breathing
- Seem breath
- tossire with the presence of yellow and/or greenish sparkles
- prostration
- Asthenia (feeling of persistent fatigue, weakness and lack of energy)
“It is important to remember that some elderly people may not have a fever,” warns the doctor. The diagnosis is carried out through clinical signs and symptoms with research compatible with image exam pneumonia.
Pneumonia treatment
It is important for the people who present some of the above symptoms are looking for a medical emergency to receive the correct diagnosis. The treatment will be defined by the doctor, who will evaluate the seriousness of the situation.
“If this patient is in a more serious form, it will be suitable for hospitalization, patients who have a lighter form can be treated at home,” explains dr. Thiago.
The treatment of bacterial lung is performed at home with oral antibiotic or venous antibiotic, in case of hospitalization.
“Also at home released, the patient must be under observation, the doctor will evaluate if he continues to make a fever or with another symptom. If the general condition worsens, this patient should return to an emergency to re -evaluate the need for internships. Patients with greater severity should be assessed the need for hospitalization to be monitored and with full assistance”, he adds.
In case of low saturation, the hospital patient will integrate oxygen during treatment.
Source: Terra
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