Pulmonary fungal infection found by ear picking

This is a patient from a long time ago, a patient with hemoptysis. He was very weak when he came to the outpatient clinic. He had coughed and expectorated sputum for more than three months, and there was blood in the sputum. The chest CT has several large holes and small holes, and the breathing also showed the performance of shortness of breath. He was admitted to the hospital for further examination.

The patient is a young patient, so the family members of the patient are very anxious and ask the patient’s medical history carefully. The patient had an ear extraction three months ago, and then there was itching and fever in the ear. , After treatment, the fever improved, but began to cough, and gradually appeared blood in the sputum. I have also seen it everywhere. The chest CT was a patchy shadow at the beginning, and then gradually increased, and even blood in the sputum appeared. After being admitted to the hospital, a bronchoscopy was performed, and the fungus was found after the normal saline was sucked out for examination.

This fungus and the same fungus were found in the secretions from his ears. It should be the infection of the skin of the ear canal during the ear picking process, and the fungus entered the blood and flowed to the lungs. Infection, he used a very good antifungal medicine for him. It cost a lot for a week. Although the conditions at home were good, he also felt a lot of pressure, and there were certain side effects. Fortunately, the reaction was not too severe. It took a long time for the medicine to finally control it.

When using public items in public places, you must pay attention to hygiene. It may be safer to use them after disinfection. Otherwise, serious infection may occur, and the damage caused by infection may be irreversible.