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What is Lobar pneumonia?
Pneumonia is usally an infection or inflammation of the very smallest bits of our lungs - called alveoli. These are very small, very thin 'sacks' where oxygen can pass out of the air we breath and into our blood so we can do all the things we need to. If a bacteria (or less commonly a virus) starts making a home for itself there, our bodies react by activating our immne system to try and destroy it. This means that lots of fluid floods into the area, showing up as white on a chest x-ray (what doctors call 'consolidation'). Obviously, if there's fluid here, the alveoli can't function to exchange oxygen, so the patient becomes short of breath and weak, and are usually in pain. A lobar pnneumonia is usually only on one side, and affecting a whole 'lobe' (big chunk) of the lung. These patients will often also have fluid filling up the space OUTSIDE the lung, called a pleural effusion, which makes it even harder to breath. The bacteria often responsible for a lobar pneumonia is called pneumococcus, and we like to vaccinate the elderly against this as they're most at risk. The lungs of people with lobar pneumonia can fill up with nasty pus, so putting a chest drain in is sometimes also necessary. It's this nasty pus that people with a lobar pneumonia cough up, so these patients are often described as having a 'productive cough'. The other type of bacterial pneumonia is called a bronchopneumonia, which unlike the lobar-type, tends to affect both lungs, and rather than affecting a whole lobe, shows up little patches like cotton-wool on the x-ray. You usually don't see the pleural effusion that you might with a lobar pneumonia. The bacteria that are often responsible for causing bronchopneumonia include Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphlococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeroginosa or Haemophilus influenzae. Knowing the type is important, as it will often inform the choice of immediate treatment. Sputum (the stuff you cough up) can be sent to lab for the pathologists to smear onto jelly and see what grows. This means you can be prescribed the best antibiotic!
What things might cause pollination to happen?
Bees.. =]
Why does pneumonia reoccur?
Depends really... The most common causal agent for pneumonia in a normal person is Streptococcus Pneumoniae, a bacteria. But if it keeps reoccuring there might be some other factors involved. If you take to the booze (i.e. alcohoic) the klebsiella is the usual cause for the pneumonia. There might be an underlying cause for repeated exposure such as immunodeficiency, so HIV test would be pretty important as well... How do you know it's even pneumonia per se??? The only way to be certain is go to a doctor and give a sputum sample that they will grow in agar and see what particular bacterial colonies form, and if it's in fact bacterial pneumonia. Could be TB or some other infection that you are misdiagnosing as pneumonia. Go see a Doc asap.
How can you prevent a pneumonia?
Pneumonia puts you at the point of death, by making your heart flutter instead of beating. You might not be able to prevent it, but your mind might be strong enough to overcome it!
Does over-thinking cause tumors?
No, luckily, over-thinking does not cause tumors. It could cause a headache, but then, I might be overthinking things.
What physiological response leads to symptoms seen in pneumonia?
Pneumonia causes inflammatory condition of the lung's alveoli brought on by infection which can be caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites or fungi. The infection causes inflammation, and if sustained damages the lungs, or might cause respiratory arrest.
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What can cause breast to leak?
It might just be hormones but always have these things checked out.
Can high blood pressure cause fatigue?
i think it causes different things stress over work no sleep might cause it blood pressure might cause it not taking care of your self might be a high mark
What might the Mutation of a genetic material cause?
Lots of things, the most common of which is cancer.
What kinds of things might cause a moose to be dangerous?
Starvation, protecting young, and rutting season.
What might be the cause of unwanted weight loss?
It can be a number of things. Stress and depression are the most likely cause. It can be a sign of diabetes, or even cancer.
