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Pneumonia (pneumonia) is an infection of the lungs. Bacterial infections cause most cases of pneumonia and the most common cause in the United States is the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. cool minecraft rooms Other bacteria such as Mycoplasma and Legionella, as well as certain viruses, can also cause pneumonia, often called walking pneumonia because these less common infections do not always cause all the classic symptoms of pneumonia. Atypical pneumonia occurs most commonly in people cool minecraft rooms under 40 years.
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A type of pneumonia called aspiration pneumonia develops inhaled chemical irritants and bacteria from the mouth and stomach into the lungs. It is more common in people who have had strokes and have difficulty controlling their swallowing cool minecraft rooms reflex, or you are unconscious as a result of an overdose of alcohol and other drugs.
Most pneumonias cause fever, cough with sputum (phlegm coughed-mucus), shortness of breath and fatigue. The confusion or fatigue may be the only symptom, or more evident in older patients. In atypical cool minecraft rooms pneumonia and viral (viral) is more common dry cough without sputum.
First, the doctor will ask about your symptoms. During the physical exam, the doctor will assess whether you are breathing rapidly. Also look for signs of confusion and if there is a purplish discoloration of the lips, nail or hands because these symptoms may indicate that you have low levels of oxygen in the blood. Using a stethoscope, a health professional can listen through the back, for abnormal sounds in the lungs. Most of the time, the diagnosis of pneumonia was confirmed by a chest radiograph. You may ask your doctor for blood tests to see if there is an increase of white blood cells that fight infection and to make sure your electrolytes and renal function are normal. They can also send sputum samples or blood to a laboratory to identify the specific cause of pneumonia. Identifying the infectious organism can help your doctor choose cool minecraft rooms the best antibiotic to treat the infection. However, even if you can not identify any organism, pneumonia can be treated successfully with antibiotics.
The duration of pneumonia can vary from a few days to a week or more, depending on how quickly you start taking antibiotics and what other health problems you may have. In general, the treatment with antibiotics for pneumonia lasts 5 to 14 days. Many people find that recover energy level they had before the pneumonia takes them from a couple to several weeks.
Two vaccines cool minecraft rooms that can prevent the onset of pneumonia. A vaccine against some of the most common types of S. pneumoniae (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine or PPV) persons over 65 is recommended and who have a higher risk of serious pneumonia. This includes people with pulmonary disease heart disease liver disease kidney disease or damage in the spleen lack thereof (no spleen) certain types of cancer or are receiving cancer treatment weakened cool minecraft rooms immune system
Children under 2 years are given another vaccine against pneumonia (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or PCV). Although primarily used to reduce the risk of meningitis and ear infections, also reduces the risk of pneumonia.
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