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The meaning comes from the Greek for lung. It means an inflammation of the air sacs of the lung.
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. It leads to inflammation and fluid buildup in the air sacs of the lungs, making it difficult to breathe and causing symptoms like cough, fever, and chest pain. Treatment typically involves antibiotics, rest, and supportive care.
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What is walking ammonia?
Do you mean walking pneumonia? Pneumonia is a lung disease that usually makes you very sick and weak. Walking pneumonia is when you have pneumonia but are not so sick that you require to stay in the bed.
What does superimposed pneumonia mean?
Superimposed pneumonia means that a person was initially diagnosed with pneumonia but then contracted some sort of infection. This most likely occurred because of a weakened immune system and a predisposition to infection because of the pneumonia.
Is pneumonia big?
well people get hospitalized and die from it. big!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!What do you mean?!?!?!?!?!
What does code 486 mean for medical billing?
Pneumonia, organism unspecified
Does Amoxicillin treat Microplasma Pneumonia?
I believe you mean Mycoplasma.No,it doesn't.
Is pneumonia gram postitive?
I assume you mean bacterial pneumonia, from there it is dependent on what type of bacteria is causing the pneumonia. For example Streptococcus pneumoniae is gram positive, but Klebsiella pneumoniae gram negative.On the whole though, bacterial pneumonia is more typically caused by gram positive bacteria.
What does the medical abbreviation PNA mean?
PNA is sometimes used for pneumonia.PNA=Pneumonia
What is the name of germ of pneumonia?
Pneumonia is a general term, not a specific disease. There is viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, and a fungal pneumonia, among others.
What does it mean if the chest x-ray shows a possible infiltrate as opposed to a mass?
pneumonia
Which type of pneumonia is also known as mycoplasma pneumonia?
walking pneumonia
What is the opposite of pneumonia?
There is no opposite of pneumonia.
What is double pneumonia?
Bilateral pneumonia.
