How Does Smoking Affect Pneumonia
So you enjoy smoking do you?
Some people don't really enjoy the taste of their food. They like cleaning their curtains and clothing more than other people do. Some people even enjoy the little holes that the ash burns on their trousers. Perhaps you don't mind if someone flicks their ashes into the wind and they get into your eye. Maybe you even enjoy going into a smoke filled room or having that first puff of the day because it enables you to breathe better, but only after a few coughs. Or you enjoy going outside the rest...
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Health Risks of Smoking
...smoking is believed to increase the risk for lower respiratory tract infections (such as bronchitis or pneumonia) by 50%. Environmental exposure to smoke is thought to be responsible for 150,000 -... Read more »Pneumonia: Risk Factors
Risk factors for pneumonia often depend on the specific type of disease.Risk Factors for Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)CAP is the most common type of pneumonia. Itdevelops outside of... Read more »Pneumonia: Diagnosis
Diagnostic Difficulties in Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). It is important to determine if the cause of CAP is bacteria, atypical bacteria, or a virus, since they all require different... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors
...plays any causal role or whether it is simply a marker for other factors in the disease process.C. pneumoniae and Other Infectious Organisms. Some microorganisms and viruses have been under... Read more »Sinusitis: Risk Factors
...fact, treating sinusitis in such patients may significantly reduce the risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia.)Other Medical Conditions Affecting the SinusesA number of medical conditions put... Read more »Images
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