Pneumonia is a lung infection that can range from mild to so serious that you have to go to the hospital. It happens when an infection causes air sacs in your lungs (the alveoli) and tubes in your airways that connect to them (bronchioles) to fill with fluid or pus. That can make it...
or volume of the airways, leading to a condition known asbronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis is a long-term, progressive condition in which the airways become permanently widened, leading to a build-up of mucus in the lungs and an increased risk of infection.4 ...
Pneumonia – an infection of one or both of your lungs – can leave you coughing, feverish and feeling miserable. And sometimes, it can land you in the hospital struggling to breathe. While the rate of pneumococcal infections has been decreasing since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate va...
Your doctor will likely give you antibiotics if they think you have a lung infection. If you have bronchitis or pneumonia along with lung cancer, medication may or may not help you feel better for a little while. Follow up if your cough doesn’t go away or if it comes back in a coupl...
Infection of the space between the lung and chest wall (the pleural space) Hemorrhage (bleeding) Fluid accumulation in the lung Low blood pressure (hypotension) In some cases, the leak does not close on its own. This is called a bronchopleural fistula (punctured lung) and may require chest...
Post-COVID-19 condition symptoms among emergency department patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection In this study of more than 6500 emergency department patients, symptoms consistent with Long COVID are reported by 38.9% of SARS-CoV-2 test-positive and 20.7% of test-negative patients three mont...
Pneumonia is the inflammation of the lung tissue most often due to an infection. A number of microorganisms may cause pneumonia although bacteria are the most common pathogen. Pneumonia can affect any person of any age and health status. However, in patients who are chronically ill, debilitated...
(lungs). It may also sometimes be used to the describe an infection of the lining around the lungs (pleura ~ pleuritis). When organs like the heart or the lining around the heart (pericardium) become infected, these conditions are usually not encompassed within the term chest infection. ...
What is COVID-19?COVID-19 is the disease caused by an infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It was first identified in the city of Wuhan, in China's Hubei province in December 2019. Since then COVID-19 has spread around the world causing unprecedented levels of illness and deaths.The...
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis.This happens when dust,mold, or other things that you breathe irritate your lungs over a long time. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP).COP is a pneumonia-like interstitial lung disease without an infection. You might hear your doctor call this bronchiolitis obliterans ...