How To Take Care Of Pneumonia
Health Encyclopedia: Atypical Pneumonia
Walking pneumonia; Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Prevention
There are no proven methods for preventing atypical pneumonia, and no vaccinations are available at this time for atypical pneumonias.
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Expert & Community Posts
NJ Requires Flu Shots for Preschool Aged Kids
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health ExpertFlu shots are highly recommended for the following high risk groups:Healthcare workersPeople with... Read more »
Antibiotics and the Elderly: When Do We Say No?
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...friends and things were good all around. Then she got pneumonia. Regular care wasn't pulling... Read more »
Should patients who have heart disease take vaccinations for flu, pneumonia, and shingles?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...but they are not often seen as causes of death. A pneumonia vaccination fortunately is needed... Read more »
Dementia Not Consistently Considered as Cause of Death
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...body gets too weak to survive, and often develops pneumonia or another infection. Years ago,... Read more »
Pneumonia and PPI's
By Jennifer Rackley , Health Expert...Times addressed the link between the use of PPI's and pneumonia. The study, which was... Read more »
Health Guide
Pneumonia: Causes
CausesBacteria are the most common cause of pneumonia. However, pneumonia can also be caused by viruses, fungi, and other agents. It is often impossible to identify the specific culprit.Many bacteria... Read more »Pneumonia: Medications
Dozens of antibiotics are available that can treat most cases of pneumonia in or out of the hospital, but it is sometimes difficult for the physician to select the best drug. Patients with... Read more »Pneumonia: Prognosis
PrognosisMore than a million people are hospitalized each year for pneumonia, making it the third most frequent reason for hospitalizations (births are first and heart disease is second). Although... Read more »Symptoms of the Swine Flu, Swine Flu Treatment Information
...symptoms milder and help a person recover faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications such as pneumonia. Public health officials have so far noted that, so far, American cases of swine... Read more »Pneumonia: Symptoms
General Symptoms. The symptoms of bacterial pneumonia develop abruptly and typically include:A single episode of shaking chills followed by feverChest pain on the side of lung infection --... Read more »Images
Medications
...also used to prevent and treat a certain type of pneumonia (pneumocystis-type). This medication... Read more »
...effects occur: signs of a lung infection called pneumonia (e.g., fever, cough, trouble... Read more »
...effects. Serious infections (e.g., skin infections, pneumonia, bone/joint infections, sinusitis)... Read more »
...possibly fatal side effects (e.g., heart failure, pneumonia, stroke) when this medication is... Read more »
...risk of serious, possibly fatal side effects (e.g., pneumonia, heart failure) when this... Read more »
Related News
Silver Reduces Risk of Pneumonia
August 25, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Intensive care unit (ICU) patients who need mechanical ventilation may now have a better way to ward off pneumonia. New... Read summary »
Corticosteroids Linked to Pneumonia
January 09, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Inhaling corticosteroids to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may cause pneumonia, a new study shows. The lung... Read summary »
Common Drugs Boost Pneumonia Risk at Hospitals
June 15, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Hospitalized patients who are given acid-suppressive medications are 30 percent more likely to develop pneumonia during their... Read summary »
Vaccine for Healthy Preemies
July 12, 2006AUGUSTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It's a virus that causes epidemics of bronchitis and pneumonia in babies worldwide. Respiratory syncytial... Read summary »
Pneumonia vaccine may help limit H1N1 flu deaths
August 10, 2009The more life-threatening consequences of the H1N1 swine flu virus are linked to pneumonia, but that the pneumonia vaccine is being underused, health... Read summary »
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