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Actor Ângelo Rodrigues is hospitalized in an induced coma due to aspiration pneumonia, but his life is not at risk.
The information is advanced by which it is said that Ângelo Rodrigues is hospitalized in intensive care at São José hospitalin Lisbon, due to a serious respiratory infection.
The actor was reportedly diagnosed with a aspiration pneumonia after going to the emergency room at that unit last Sunday, January 12th.
Your condition will be “stable”not at risk to life, according to the same source.
In 2019, the 37-year-old actor was hospitalized due to a serious leg infection that was reportedly caused by testosterone injections on the buttocks.
At that time, his life was at risk, and at risk of losing your leg affected. But there was no need to proceed after treatments carried out at the Armed Forces Hospital.
The actor was then subjected to multiple surgeries and blood transfusionsand suffered a cardiac arrest.
What is aspiration pneumonia?
Aspiration pneumonia is a lung infection which occurs “when we “aspirate” foreign bodiessuch as food, saliva, liquids or even regurgitated gastric contents or vomit, into the lungs”, as explained in the CUF Hospital. This leads to “inflammation and subsequent infection”, it adds.
“The probability of suction into the lungs it is greater if there is any disturbance in the normal cough reflex, gag reflex, or swallowing problems, especially in people with neurological damage, for example, after a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)”, says the CUF.
Most common symptoms
The first symptoms appear very quickly, “around 1-2 hours after aspiration”, notes the CUF Hospital, stressing that it is necessary to be very attentive because “aspiration pneumonia develops after 1-2 days after the aspiration episode.”
Among the most common symptoms There may be “chest pain, cough with purulent sputum (with pus), cough with blood or pus, shortness of breath, wheezing, fever, fatigue and mental confusion”, notes the same hospital.
CUF recommends that you contact your doctor soon, or go to the emergency room, if you feel chest pain, shortness of breath, fever and wheezing right after a choking episode.
People most vulnerable to suffering from aspiration pneumonia
Aspiration pneumonia is more common in elderly and debilitated peopleem small childrenin people who have “difficulty coughing or swallowing“, who consume excessively alcohol or drugsor who are in states of immunosuppression, according to the CUF.
“Sleepy people and with decreased reflexes for long periods due to medication, prolonged and debilitating illness, surgeries”, “coma and other serious changes in the state of consciousness” are also associated with this type of pneumonia.
“Having been subjected to general anesthesia” is another circumstance that makes people more prone to this condition.
