What is pneumonia?Pneumonia is an infection in your lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. You can become infected if you come in contact with someone who is sick. You can get pneumonia if you recently had surgery or needed a ventilator to help you breathe. Pneumonia can ...
How is CAP diagnosed?Your healthcare provider will listen to your lungs. You may need a chest x-ray. You may also need any of the following if you are admitted to the hospital:CT scan pictures may show a lung infection or other problems, such as fluid around your lungs. You may be ...
Hepatitis (liver infection) Pancreatitis Myocardial Infarction or Heart Attack Epigastric hernia (also called fat hernia) Splenic rupture Lower lobe pneumonia Pulmonary embolism or blood clots in the lungs Upper abdominal pain could be: Right upper abdominal pain, ...
†A person may experience flu symptoms 1-4 days after infection, whereas COVID-19 symptoms may be experienced 2-14 days after infection. This table is for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the advice of your healthcare provider.If you have any of the flu ...
Red blood cells.These carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body and bring back carbon dioxide to your lungs. When you don’t make enough of them, you develop anemia. White blood cells.These help your body fight infection. ...
What are the symptoms of coronavirus? What can you expect with COVID variants? Fever, fatigue and dry cough; nasal congestion, runny nose and sore throat; diarrhea; and shortness of breath are signs of infection.
Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome continue to be significant causes of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care setting. The failure of patients to resolve the alveolar edema associated with these conditions is a major contributing factor to mortality; hence there is ...
I've always heard people talking a bad cold turning into walking pneumonia, but I don't know if it's actually possible. Colds are usually caused by viruses, and according to this article walking pneumonia is usually caused by bacteria. It's more of a lung infection. I've had it before...
bacteria, even though their lungs produce normal amounts of the antibiotic. The fluid on airway surfaces in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis has an abnormally high salt concentration; accordingly, scientists hypothesize that the high salt concentration is what makes the antibiotic ineffective....
Aspiration pneumonia is a lung infection that develops after you aspirate (inhale) food, liquid, or vomit into your lungs. You can also aspirate food or liquid from your stomach that backs up into your esophagus. If you are not able to cough up the aspirated material, bacteria can grow in...