Streptococcal Pneumonia

Sign/Symptoms
Breath Shortness (Dyspnoea) Breathing Rapid Hyperventilation (Tachypnea) Chills Cough Fatigue Fever (Raised Body Temperature) Pain Whilst Breathing (Pleurisy) Pain: Chest Sweating (Perspiring)

Drugs
Benzylpenicillin Cefaclor Ceftriaxone Cephazolin Clarithromycin Erythromycin Phenoxymethylpenicillin Piperacillin Tetracycline

Treatments
Vitamins Megavitamin Supplements Weakly Against Moderate Evidence

Attributes

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Further Tests
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration Alpha-1 Antintrypsin (AAT) (Increased) Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Protein (Increased) erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (Increased) Expiratory Reserve Volume (ERV) Expiratory Reserve Volume (ERV) (Decreased) Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products, FSPs, Fibrin Breakdown Products, Fbps) Fibrin Split Products (Increased) Fibrinogen Concentration test Fibrinogen (Increased) haptoglobin (Hp) concentration haptoglobin (Hp) (Increased) Inspiratory Capacity (IC) Inspiratory Capacity (IC) (Decreased) Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide (PCO2, PaCO2) Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide (PaCO2) (Increased) Partial Pressure of Oxygen (PO2) Partial Pressure of Arterial Oxygen (PaO2) (Decreased) Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein) Alpha-1-Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Alpha-2-Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Gamma Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Residual Volume (RV) Residual Volume (RV) (Decreased) Spirometry Forced Expiratory Flow Between 25% and 75% of FVC (FEF25-75) (Decreased) Total Lung Capacity (TLC) Total Lung Capacity (TLC) (Decreased) Urine Sodium Quantitative (24hr) Urine Sodium (Increased) Vital Capacity (VC) Vital Capacity (VC) (Decreased) White Blood Cell (WBC) Count White Blood Cell (WBC) (Increased)

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Megavitamin Therapy (Multivitamin, Vitamin Supplements) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]:

Please Note that while supplements are effective in correcting deficiencies in the body, their long-term usage is not helpful in preventing diseases like cancer and heart disease. To prevent these illnesses one should eat the natural foods which these vitamins and minerals come from. Replacing natural sources with artificial supplements actually increases the risk of heart disease, cancer, and other diseases. Supplements should be taken only as a balanced multivitamin supplement that contains no more than 100% of the recommended daily allowance. It would be most helpful in people with restricted food intakes, pregnant women and women of childbearing age.

Recommendation: Weakly against. (There is no evidence that Megavitamin therapy can prevent or treat pneumonia. In fact, long term therapy can lead to increased risk)

Grade of Evidence: moderate quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/orthomolecular-medicine

3. http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/163/2/192.pdf

4. http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ortho.html

5. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/72/5/707

6. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/no-index/about-ama/13638.shtml

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17327526

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