“White lung” is a more serious manifestation of pneumonia with white image area reaching 70 to 80 percent of patient’s lungs. When white lungs appear, it means that the lung problem has become more and more serious.
With increasing age for the elderly people, the body’s functions decline gradually, the metabolic rate is also become lower and lower, and the response to pathogens which invade into body may not be very strong. Therefore, some elderly people even may not have symptoms such as fever and cough after infection. However, this does not mean that the infection must be very mild, so the progress of the disease will be ignored, and the situation is actually more serious when they go to the hospital. This phenomenon is also known as “silent hypoxia”.
The “white lung” caused by viral pneumonia is not formed immediately, and there are some signals and warnings two or three days ago generally. We should pay attention to changes in blood oxygen saturation, heartbeat, pulse… Senior patients should see doctors immediately if they have difficulty in breathing or if oxygen saturation measured by a pulse oximeter is less than 93%. The normal pulse is 60~100, and it is necessary to be vigilant when it is higher than 100. Early Detection and early treatment.
Konsung fingertip pulse oximeter is portable and small volume. It can test SpO2 (blood oxygen saturation), HR (heart rate) and PI (perfusion index), which meets the multi-functional requirements for home health monitoring.
Post time: Jan-06-2023