Pneumonia Treatment and Symptoms

An inflammatory infection that occurs in the lung.

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Pneumonia Symptoms

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Signs and symptoms
... Pneumonia can be difficult to spot. It often mimics a cold or the flu, so you may not realize you have a more serious condition. What''s more, signs and symptoms can vary greatly, depending on any und...
Source: MayoClinic

Causes
... Your lungs are two spongy organs surrounded by a moist membrane (the pleura). When you inhale, air is carried through the windpipe (trachea) to your lungs in two major airways called bronchi. Inside y...
Source: MayoClinic

Pneumonia Prevention

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Prevention
... You usually don''t "catch" pneumonia from someone else. Instead, you develop the disease because your immune system is temporarily weakened, often for no known reason. The following suggestions can he...
Source: MayoClinic

Pneumonia Treatment

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Complications
... How serious pneumonia is for you depends on your overall health and the type and extent of pneumonia you have. If you''re young and healthy, your pneumonia can usually be treated successfully. But if ...
Source: MayoClinic

Treatment
... Treatments for pneumonia vary, depending on the severity of your symptoms and the type of pneumonia you have. Bacterial. Doctors usually treat bacterial pneumonia with antibiotics. Although you may st...
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Pneumonia Other

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Pneumonia
... What is pneumonia?Pneumonia is a group of diseases that cause infection or inflammation (swelling) in the lungs. Pneumonia causes air sacs in the lungs to fill with pus and other fluids, making it dif...
Source: Cleveland Clinic

Overview
... Every year, more than 60,000 Americans die of pneumonia — an inflammation of the lungs usually caused by infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi or other organisms. Pneumonia is a particular con...
Source: MayoClinic

Pneumonia Treatment

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Pneumonia
... Despite medical advances, including the use of antibiotics, pneumonia is still the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Pneumonia can develop when the lungs are infected by either bacter...
Source: HealthWorld

   

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    ... OVERVIEW Group A streptococcal infections are caused by group A streptococcus, a bacterium responsible for a variety of health problems. These infections can range from mild skin infection or sore thr...
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  • Pneumococcal Pneumonia
    ... Pneumonia is a lung disease that can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and sometimes fungi. The U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate nearly 90,000 people in the U...
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