There are cocoons in the lungs

When the lungs were taken, there was a blur, both the doctor and the patient were worried because it was often a tumor. But sometimes the blur is a lung cocoon, completely curable.

Cocoon in the lungs.(Photo: Health & Life)

Lung cocoons or bronchial cocoons arise due to abnormal germination of bronchial plants in its development process between the 26th and 16th weeks of pregnancy. The trachea or bronchus separates a separate, later capsule into a cocoon. Cocoons can be located in a central or peripheral position.

A person may have one or more cocoons and lie on one side or both sides of the lungs. Therefore, cocoon location is often very diverse, in the parenchyma of the lung, the spine, near the heart, near the diaphragm. Air cocoon sizes range from a few centimeters to 10 centimeters. Inside the cocoon is usually the clear fluid, when infected, the fluid becomes cloudy or pus.

Cocoons may exist for years without symptoms, detected by either a general examination or accidental lung capture. Sometimes the cocoon is big, squeezing into neighboring organs or being infected with cocoon to become pus, making the patient to be examined and discovered.

The infected cocoon manifests as high fever, sometimes coughing, sputum. The volume of cocoons increases, the fluid becomes cloudy or pus. Antibiotics are better, but relapse, sometimes a persistent fever.

Infected cocoons can rupture through the bronchi; The patient coughed out rotten pus, coughed up blood, signs like a lung abscess. If the puncture site is punctured in the pleura, it will cause pleural effusion.

Large air cocoons can be squeezed into nearby organs: Putting into the trachea and bronchi makes it difficult to breathe, sometimes causing lung collapse. Fallen lung lobes easily infect. Air cocoons that press on the esophagus cause symptoms that are difficult to swallow.

In terms of treatment, patients with infected air cocoons are often given antibiotics, aspirators, and washers until the fluid in the abscess is clear and the infection is gone. Often after a while, picky air again recurred infections.

Whether the air cocoon causes compression or infection, to treat it thoroughly, surgery to remove the cocoon to resolve the root. Cases of infected cocoon, medical treatment first, then surgery later. The results of surgery are generally very good.