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Lung abscess
This pus-filled cavity is often caused by aspiration, which may occur during anesthesia, sedation, or unconsciousness from injury.
Symptoms:
- Fever and chills.
- Being sick for several weeks or months.
- Rapid heart rate.
- Profuse sweating.
- General feeling of poor health.
- Loss of appetite and weight loss.
- Chest pain.
- Deep cough that may produce foul-tasting or bloody sputum.
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment or Pediatrician appointment
- Complete blood count
- Urinalysis
- Blood test:
- Total protein
- Albumen
- Fibrinogen
- Sialic acid
- Seromucoid
- Haptoglobin
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Chest X-ray
- ECG
Doctors
Pediatrician
