In Murmansk hospital rescued 80-year-old patient with inflammation and pus in the throat

Doctors Murmansk regional clinical hospital named Bayandin saved 80-year-old patient with acute epiglotitis, phlegmon neck and upper mediastinitis. This was reported by the press service of the hospital.

The disease began with a sore throat and difficulty swallowing. The temperature rose to 40 degrees, the neck swelled and reddened. The ambulance brought the woman to the hospital.

The examination showed inflammation of the epiglottis, spilled purulent inflammation of the soft tissues of the neck and signs of inflammation in the upper part of the mediastinum. This combination is dangerous because the infection can spread to the chest. An additional risk was diabetes.

The patient was treated in the ENT department. She had surgery to open and drain her phlegmon neck. The treatment involved an otorhinolaryngologist and maxillofacial surgeon, as well as resuscitation anesthesiologists, thoracic surgeons and an endocrinologist.

After the operation, the woman's condition stabilized. The inflammation completely passed, the patient was discharged home in satisfactory condition.

Earlier, MK in Murmansk reported that Murmansk surgeons removed a dangerous polyp to an 11-year-old child without incisions on his face.