Related topics: children , swine flu , flu
Pneumonia
hidePneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolar inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid (consolidation and exudation).
The alveoli are microscopic air-filled sacs in the lungs responsible for absorbing oxygen. Pneumonia can result from a variety of causes, including infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites, and chemical or physical injury to the lungs. Its cause may also be officially described as idiopathic—that is, unknown—when infectious causes have been excluded.
Typical symptoms associated with pneumonia include cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty in breathing. Diagnostic tools include x-rays and examination of the sputum. Treatment depends on the cause of pneumonia; bacterial pneumonia is treated with antibiotics.
Pneumonia is a common illness which occurs in all age groups, and is a leading cause of death among the elderly and people who are chronically and terminally ill. Additionally, it is the leading cause of death in children under five years old worldwide. Vaccines to prevent certain types of pneumonia are available. The prognosis depends on the type of pneumonia, the appropriate treatment, any complications, and the person's underlying health.
For more information about Pneumonia, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
News tagged with pneumonia
What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans
Dec 20, 2009 |
not rated yet |
8
(AP) -- As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?
Fast, accurate urine test for pneumonia possible, study finds
Dec 09, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
Doctors may soon be able to quickly and accurately diagnose the cause of pneumonia-like symptoms by examining the chemicals found in a patient's urine, suggests a new study led by UC Davis biochemist Carolyn ...
Soldiers get mass swine flu shots before holidays
Dec 11, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Thousands of Army recruits in training must line up at least once more before heading home for the holidays, this time for mass inoculations by the hundreds against swine flu.
Scientists discover influenza's Achilles heel: Antioxidants
Oct 29, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (7) |
1
As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains of the flu—antioxidants. In an article appearing in ...
Amid the flu epidemic, don't forget RSV in young children
Nov 23, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public. However, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department ...
Bacteria co-infections common in swine flu deaths: CDC
Sep 30, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Many people who have died from swine flu in the United States were also infected with other bacteria, including one which can cause pneumonia or meningitis, US health officials said Wednesday.
FDA reviews update to Pfizer vaccine for kids
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
(AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday questioned whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
Wide Disparities Found in Age of Hospitalization for Patients of Different Races
Dec 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from Yale School of Public Health shows that blacks are admitted to the hospital at a significantly younger age than their white peers for a host of preventable medical conditions, ...
Swine flu worse in Mexico than US, but why?
Apr 26, 2009 |
5 / 5 (9) |
21
(AP) -- Why has the swine flu engulfing Mexico been deadly there, but not in the United States?
CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US
Nov 11, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu - about four times the estimate they've been using.
A Matter of Density, Not Quantity: Individual Bacterial Cells are Capable of Quorum Sensing when Confined in Small Volum
Jul 10, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Infections of wounds, pneumonia, etc. in hospitals in particular are often caused by bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Once they reach a certain density, colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa produce virulence ...
US, Costa Rica swine flu deaths reported
May 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
(AP) -- A Washington state man with underlying heart conditions became the third person infected with swine flu to die in the U.S., health officials said Saturday, while Costa Rica reported the first swine ...
Swine flu fears evident as world's cases top 6,000
May 13, 2009 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
0
(AP) -- In China, mask-wearing police cordoned off more hotels Wednesday, quarantining anyone who came in contact with swine flu patients, no matter how mild their symptoms. Not so in Mexico, where the health ...
New generation of salmonella-based, single dose vaccine candidates to fight infant pneumonia
Jan 12, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
One of the major challenges in modern vaccinology is to engineer vectors that are highly infectious, yet don't cause illness. Trickier still is to ensure that such weapons against infectious disease can be safely disarmed, ...
Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved
Nov 20, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.
