Pneumonia: Symptoms, Causes and Home Treatment
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The more serious acute infection involving lung tissue is called pneumonia.
Symptoms include fever, chills, rigors, muscle aches, sweating, cough with or without expectoration, pain in the chest, difficult breathing, and a toxic appearance not seen in ordinary upper respiratory infections. The sputum may be greenish or yellow, brown-tinged or blood-stained; it is sometimes foul-smelling and purulent, depending on the causative organism. One commonly involved is the pneumococcus, a bacterium.
Home remedy for the treatment of Pneumonia
Do not neglect upper respiratory infections, particularly in older or debilated people and those who have a lung or heart problem or other chronic diseases like diabetes.
Follow basic home care as advised earlier. For those more susceptible vaccines given before the wet or cold season against flu and the pneumococcus prevent or reduce the severity of illness. Consult promptly, in case of symptoms of descending infection.
Hospital treatment is preferable. Chest x-rays, blood tests and sputum cultures aid treatment. The most effective antibiotic against the identified organism is used.
Herbal home remedy for the treatment and cure of pneumonia
Traditional home remedy help in treating pneumonia - Take a thick cloth and make four folds of it. Between the third and fourth fold, spread a layer of turmeric. Now mix this turmeric in lukewarm water and sprinkle over the cloth to make it partially wet. Now put this cloth on the chest of the patient, heat a brick and put it over the chest of the patient to stimulate his chest, when the heat from the brick reaches the chest, it would nullify the pneumonia effect.
Effective home remedy help in curing pneumonia - Turmeric, ginger, fenugreek and black pepper are mucolytic and hence are considered to be good for expelling mucous from the body especially from the respiratory tract. Take these herbs in any form; raw or cooked it will be better for your lungs.
Sesame seeds are of great value in the treatment of Pneumonia. In 250 ml water, put 15 gm of sesame seeds. Add 1 tbsp of linseed, a pinch of common salt and a dessertspoon of honey in it. Consume this mixture everyday. It will aid in removing phlegm from the bronchial tubes.
Natural home remedy for using pneumonia
Fenugreek - Fenugreek is also a good curative for pneumonia. It works the most in the initial stages of pneumonia. A tea made from fenugreek seeds will help the suffering person to produce sweat, which would help him to lower down his fever. The person can take up to four cups of the tea daily (not more than that). And this quantity can be gradually reduced as the condition starts improving. During this treatment, you must be taking no other food, as fasting and fenugreek will allow the body to correct these respiratory problems in just a few days, otherwise it would take time.
Diet tips for pneumonia
Vegetable juices are excellent for curing Pneumonia. Take some turpentine oil and rub it on the patient's ribs. Wrap warm cotton wool over it. Fenugreek is also a good curative for pneumonia. It works the most in the initial stages of pneumonia.
Garlic is an effective home remedy for Pneumonia. It helps in bringing down the temperature. You can even apply some garlic paste on the patient’s chest.
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