What Is Pneumonitis
Health Encyclopedia: Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection. Many different organisms can cause it, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Pneumonia is a common illness that affects millions of people each year in the United States.
Pneumonia can range from mild to severe, even fatal. The severity depends on the type of organism causing pneumonia, as well as your age and underlying health.
Alternative Names
Pneumonitis; Bronchopneumonia; Community-acquire...
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Expert & Community Posts
Should People With Asthma Get the Pneumonia Vaccine?
By Fred Little , Health Expert...review the impact that severe infections from a common pneumonia bacterium can have on... Read more »
Seasonal Flu, Swine Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines for People With Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...plan into effect, focused on the seasonal flu and pneumonia. These respiratory infections can be... Read more »
It's Autumn: Do You Know Where Your Flu Shot Is Coming From?
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...preventing winter viruses, including the flu and pneumonia. These respiratory infections can be... Read more »
Medical Cost Control
By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert...after a trip to Tahiti left me with a rare case of pneumonia. For a week, specialists of all... 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 »
Health Guide
Atypical pneumonia
Walking pneumonia; Chlamydophila pneumoniae Prevention There are no proven methods for preventing atypical pneumonia, and no vaccinations are available at this... 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 »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: 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 »Pneumonia: Introduction
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung that is most often caused by infection with bacteria, viruses, or other organisms. Occasionally, inhaled chemicals that irritate the lungs can... 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 »
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 »
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 »
Earlier Vaccination Saves Babies? Lives
November 12, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A simple shift in your baby's vaccination schedule may... Read summary »
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