The 8-year-old girl continued to have a fever, cough, and felt poor breathing, and when she went to the hospital for a check-up, she found that there was a "small tree" hidden in her lungs. On December 24, Fei Fei, who completed bronchoscopic surgery in the pediatric department of Xiangyang Central Hospital in Hubei Province, gradually recovered her health.
The "twig" taken out of the lungs (photo courtesy of the correspondent).
A few days ago, Fei Fei was sent to the pediatric department of Xiangyang Central Hospital for treatment because of a cold and fever and cough, and saw that Fei Fei had obvious symptoms such as breathlessness and poor breathing in addition to her regular cough.
CT** showed that most of Fifi's lungs had turned "white", suggesting that she had a very serious lung infection. With rich medical experience, the attending doctor determined that Fei Fei's tracheal lumen may have a large number of sputum plug obstruction and need bronchoscopy.
Zhu Bin, deputy director of the pediatric department of the hospital, arranged bronchoscopic surgery for Fei Fei in time. During the operation, the doctor found that a large amount of thick secretions had blocked Fei Fei's tracheal lumen, and after repeated brushing with a cell brush, the doctor used foreign body forceps to pull out a foreign body similar to a "small tree" from Fei Fei's lungs, which is medically called "plastic bronchitis".
Taken out of the "twig" (photo courtesy of the correspondent).
According to Zhu Bin, plastic bronchitis refers to the accumulation of viscous secretions in the airways due to various reasons, which cannot be discharged, and coagulates to form endogenous foreign bodies to block the bronchi, resulting in pulmonary ventilation dysfunction. After the etiological examination of alveolar lavage fluid, Fei Fei's illness was caused by mycoplasma infection, and she was subsequently given anti-infection and anti-inflammatory**, and Fei Fei was finally cured and discharged from the hospital.
Zhu Bin reminded the public that parents should not be overly anxious when the baby suffers from pneumonia, and for children with lobar pneumonia, bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage should be carried out as soon as possible, which will help improve the condition, shorten the length of hospitalization, reduce the damage to the lungs due to inflammation, there is no age limit, it is very safe, and parents do not need to worry too much.