Can aspiration pneumonia heal itself?

Aspiration pneumonia is chemical pneumonia caused by reflux of stomach contents caused by various reasons and aspiration of stomach contents to airway, or direct aspiration of other irritating liquids. In clinical practice, aspiration of stomach contents is most common, mainly accidental aspiration of vomiting after drunkenness. In addition, patients with basic diseases such as stroke, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, swallowing dysfunction, or nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment, local function is affected, and aspiration is easy to cause pneumonia when eating. Some chemicals such as kerosene, gasoline, dry cleaning agent are more common in children's aspiration, and on the basis of chemical stimulation combined with secondary bacterial infection, can not self-heal, should be hospitalized as soon as possible to give support symptomatic treatment. Severe cases may even occur respiratory failure or respiratory distress syndrome, to increase the difficulty of treatment.