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Around 50,000 people die each year of pneumonia in the U.S. Although anyone of any age can be affected, pneumonia is more common in elderly people and often occurs when the immune system becomes weakened via a prior infection or another condition. Pneumonia is generally more serious when it...
Studying Infection in the Elderly: Physiopathology, Clinical Symptoms and Causative Agents of PneumoniaNormal aging is associated with changes in the respiratory system that have important consequences on the ability of older subjects to cope with the decrease in lung compliance and increase in airway ...
Pneumonia Aortic aneurysm Gastroesophageal reflux Pancreatitis Esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus) Cardiac diseases Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart) Endocarditis (infection of the heart valves) ...
COVID-19 can cause life-threatening symptoms, worsening to pneumonia; it may cause long-term, possibly chronic symptoms; or you can feel just fine and still have this virus. Transmission How Is COVID-19 Transmitted? Since the start of the pandemic, the CDC and WHO have reported that the...
Pneumonia can affect any person of any age and health status. However, in patients who are chronically ill, debilitated, young children or elderly patients, the possibility of a contracting is significantly high if exposed to the causative pathogen. ...
If you start to show symptoms of pneumonia—which include worsening cough, increased trouble breathing, and high fever (103 to 104 degrees and above)—call 911 and tell them that you have, or are being evaluated for, COVID-19. However—and this is important—many ER docs across the U.S...
Both flu and COVID-19 are associated with an increased risk of bacterial infections like pneumonia. Some also confuse influenza with the term stomach flu. However, the latter is an illness associated with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; bacteria and viruses can cause stomach flu but not the in...
(gastroesophageal reflux diseaseorGERD), sinusitis, postnasal drip,bronchitis,cigarette smoking,pneumonia,tuberculosis, hypersensitivity pneumonia(inflammation of the lung from exposure to certain environmental chemicals), and evenlung cancer. Therefore, a persistent cough or a cough that is associated with...
Pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection of the lung. In pneumonia, inflammation can cause fluid buildup within a segment of the lung tissue, decreasing its ability to transfer oxygen from air to the bloodstream. Typical symptoms of infectious pneumonia include: ...