老年吸入性肺炎是老年人的一种常见病,在就诊的老年肺炎患者中占20%左右,常发生在睡眠中。因为老年人吞咽功能下降,反应较迟钝,刚吃过饭就睡觉,食物反流进入肺部的可能性增加。如果带有胃酸的食物反流到肺部,还会对肺产生化学性损伤,还容易受到细菌感染,甚至造成窒息。 Geriatric aspiration pneumonia is a common disease in the elderly, accounting for about 20% of elderly patients with pneumonia, often in sleep. Because elderly people swallow function decreased, the response is slow, just eat and sleep, the possibility of food reflux into the lungs increased. If food with gastric acid reflux to the lungs, but also chemical damage to the lungs, but also vulnerable to bacterial infection, or even cause suffocation.