Pneumonia Symptom, Treatment, History, Sign, vaccines, picture, Type, Cause of pneumonia in child and infant

Information on pneumonia

Pneumonia is the name given to an infection deep within the lung tissue, which can be life-threatening. It may affect one or both lungs (when it is known as double pneumonia).

Pneumonia Symptom - sign and symptom of pneumonia

• May follow viral illness
• High fever
• Dry cough
• Pain on deep breathing
• Coughing up of rust-coloured mucus
• Cold sores around the mouth
• Rapid, shallow breathing

Cause of pneumonia

Many types of bacteria may cause pneumonia but the most common bacterium is called Streptococcus pneumoniae. Occasionally it is caused by a virus. This disease will often follow a flu-like illness. It particularly strikes those whose resistance is low, including the elderly, those who have had their spleen removed, young babies, people with AIDS, those with cancer (especially of the lung), those with long-term lung disease, cigarette smokers and alcoholics.

Type of pneumonia

• walking pneumonia
• bacterial pneumonia
• aspiration pneumonia
• viral pneumonia
• bronchial pneumonia
• community acquired pneumonia
• broncho pneumonia
• pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
• mycoplasma pneumonia
• bilateral pneumonia
• double pneumonia
• klebsiella pneumonia
• strep pneumonia
• microplasma pneumonia
• ventilator associated pneumonia
• atypical pneumonia
• chlamydia pneumonia
• pneumoccal pneumonia
• lobar pneumonia
• bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
• necrotizing pneumonia
• pneumocystis pneumonia

Pneumonia Treatment

• Appropriate antibiotics will be prescribed, depending on the type of bacterium causing the infection. Sometimes those who are extremely ill may need an injection of antibiotics or have them administered into the bloodstream by intravenous drip.
• Physiotherapy is a very important part of the treatment, to get the sufferer to cough up the infected sputum (a mixture of saliva, mucus and/or pus). The physiotherapist will also encourage ways of coughing and deep breathing. If the disease is recognised and treated early most people will recover. However in those who are very vulnerable there is a considerable death toll.

Tests of Pneumonia

Often a person with pneumonia is so ill that hospitalization is necessary. A chest X-ray will confirm that the disease is pneumonia, as a shadow will be seen where the infection is.

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