A client with pneumonia receives a prescription for tetracycline (sumycin). Avoid diary products for 2 hours after taking the medication precaution should the nurse include in this client's teaching.
What is pneumonia?
- The air sacs may swell with fluid or pus when someone has pneumonia.
- The signs include a phlegmy or pus-filled cough, fever, chills, and breathing difficulties.
- Many types of pneumonia are treatable with antibiotics.
- Vaccines are a good way to avoid some types of pneumonia.
- Pneumonia can be brought on by fungus, bacteria, or viruses.
- In the US, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), SARS-CoV-2, and influenza are the most frequent causes of viral pneumonia.
- Streptococcus pneumoniae is a frequent cause of bacterial pneumonia.
- The infection causes the lungs' air sacs (alveoli) to become inflamed and fill up with fluid or pus.
- That can make it hard for the oxygen you breathe in to get into your bloodstream.
- The symptoms of pneumonia can range from mild to severe, and include cough, fever, chills, and trouble breathing.
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