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
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...
Lung cancer can also cause fluid to collect between your lungs and chest. That’s calledpleural effusion. It may cause coughing along with shortness of breath and chest pain. Tumors can also narrow your airways. That blocks your body’s ability to easily expel mucus. As a result, germs ca...
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 ...
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...
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...
Sweat:The body can lose significant amounts of water in the form of sweat when it tries to cool itself. Whether the body temperature is increased because of working or exercising in a hot environment or because a fever is present due to an infection; the body uses water in the form of ...
Shortness of breath.Your growing baby pushing against your lungs may cause that out-of-breath feeling. Good posture may give your lungs more room to expand. Various aches and pains.You may encounter different symptoms at different points throughout pregnancy, such as dental pain or sensitivity,...
bloodstream. When they get damaged, their walls break down, leaving larger air spaces in your lungs. These don't work as well to get oxygen into your blood. Also, when you breathe out, trapped air stays in your lungs, leaving less room for fresh air and making you feel short of ...
Complications of Atelectasis If you don’t treat atelectasis, it can lead to complications, including: Pneumonia (mucus can cause an infection in your lung) Respiratory failure Fluid buildup Low blood oxygen (if your lungs can’t inflate right, they might not be able to get enough oxygen into...