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...
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 ...
from September to March. This may be explained because these are the usual school months when children and adolescents spend a lot of time in groups and inside closed doors. Furthermore, many virusesof upper respiratory infection thrive in the low humidity of winter....
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...
Influenza, commonly called "the flu," is an illness caused by RNA viruses (Orthomyxoviridae family) that infect the respiratory tract of many animals, birds, and humans. In most people, the infection results in the person getting a fever, cough, headache, and malaise (tired, no energy); so...
In this group, three patients with general symptoms of infection showed meningeal signs (meningismus) in the first days of the disease: increased intracranial pressure without changes in the cell composition of cerebrospinal fluid. Four patients had paravascular changes in the lungs. Among signs ...
Pneumonia is a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection of the lungs that can be contagious. If pneumonia is the result of a respiratory infection like the cold or flu virus, then pneumonia is infectious and can easily spread from person to person. Pneumonia can result in a mild to severe cou...
Somesigns of pneumonia, an infection in your lungs, include a high fever, coughing up colored mucus, feeling very tired, and having trouble breathing. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites can cause pneumonia, and the symptoms may differ depending on the cause. In children, symptoms of pneum...
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...