The difference between pulmonary nodules and pulmonary tuberculosis is essentially different from pulmonary tuberculosis, and they are two different diseases. Pulmonary nodule is a non-caseous epithelial granuloma disease, involving many organs and systems. The most common invasion is the lymph nodes of the lung and bilateral hilum. At present, the etiology is not clear enough, which may be related to abnormal immune system and weather changes. Generally, the incidence rate is relatively high in cold areas. The disease is self-limited, and most patients have a good prognosis, and there is a trend of natural remission.
Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by human infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can be divided into primary tuberculosis, hematogenous disseminated tuberculosis, secondary tuberculosis, tuberculous pleurisy and other extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Generally, if you cough with phlegm, accompanied by chest pain, dyspnea, hemoptysis, fatigue, loss of appetite and physical exhaustion, you should doubt whether you have tuberculosis. First-time pulmonary tuberculosis patients generally have the above situation, accompanied by fatigue, hand and foot fever, low fever, night sweats, shoulder pain, cough and bloodshot. If it is a female patient, there will be irregular menstruation or amenorrhea.
Which is more dangerous, tuberculosis or pulmonary nodules? In fact, both tuberculosis and pulmonary nodules belong to lung diseases, and there is no comparability. The two diseases didn't say which was more serious. Tuberculosis mainly refers to tuberculosis in the lungs, with obvious inflammatory symptoms, and patients often cough. Pulmonary nodules refer to lesions whose lung length exceeds three centimeters.
Patients with pulmonary nodules are mainly caused by virus or bacterial infection, and there are many reasons for pulmonary tuberculosis. Maybe it's because the environmental pollution in normal life is too big, or some people don't develop good living habits, which is too harmful to their lungs and like smoking and drinking. All these may cause pulmonary infection and tuberculosis, but this will not happen to pulmonary nodules. Both are very serious lung diseases.
In fact, lung health is very important. Some people think that lung diseases don't need immediate treatment, and they will heal themselves. Once the lung disease really appears, it will be a chronic disease, unlike other acute diseases, which will get better immediately after treatment, but you need to pay more attention to yourself.
How to prevent pulmonary nodules is an imaging diagnosis, which refers to the appearance of circular and quasi-circular shadows on chest X-ray films or chest ct, especially tuberculosis and tumor lesions. To prevent pulmonary nodules, we should do the following.
First, smoking is a high risk factor for lung tumors and tuberculosis, so don't smoke. People who have smoked should quit smoking as soon as possible.
Second, people with low immunity are prone to lung nodules, so they should pay attention to rest, ensure adequate sleep, don't stay up late, don't drink alcohol, exercise properly and enhance their physique.
Third, people with poor nutritional status are also prone to induce pulmonary nodules and lung tumors. It is necessary to eat reasonably and supplement nutrition.
Fourth, try to avoid contact with harmful gases and dust, engage in a working environment with more nuclear radiation or dust, and also do personal protection.
How to prevent tuberculosis must first strengthen physical exercise with a certain intensity, enhance physical fitness and improve immunity.
Second, don't smoke.
Third, don't contact active tuberculosis patients.
Fourth, the room should be ventilated frequently.
Fifth, special people should be vaccinated with BCG, such as newborn babies or people with low immunity.
Tuberculosis is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract. To prevent tuberculosis, it is necessary to keep the sputum of tuberculosis patients in a container filled with disinfectant, and spitting is not allowed. Improve your immunity through regular life exercise. Stay away from the secretions of patients with cough to avoid infection.