Is pneumonia acute or chronic

Answer 1

It's acute. The full medical term is "streptococcal pharyngitis". The group of bacteria causing the condition may also secrete a toxin causing nausea, vomiting, and a headache. The recommended treatment is still penicillin. There are other options for those who are allergic. It's also a fact that the group of bacteria that cause "strep throat" do not do well in a slightly salty environment. This is the basis for gargling with salt water plus it helps deal with the pain. There may be examples where "strep throat" may be called chronic to make a point, such as a reason to remove ones tonsils but the disease is acute and warrants immediate treatment because toxins released may do permanent damage to heart valves and the bacteria have a propensity to travel to heart valves and set up shop there causing further permanent damage. Since the dawn of penicillin and in the current day of so many alternative choices, there is no reason anyone should suffer from a chronic form of strep throat. By the way, in case you save left over antibiotics for later use...beware, not ALL of them work for this condition.

Answer 2

it is chronic. however, many people have been exposed the disease and have either never had symptoms (like the person that gave it to me) or have had one outbreak and the virus remains dormant for a long time, for some people the rest of their lives. for those where it does reoccur, often a weakened immune system and/or stress can bring on an outbreak (hence the term "cold" sore). they say 60-80% of the U.S. has some form of it--either type I (often oral) or type II (often genital) herpes.

Answer 3

Acute. It is called acute nasopharyngitis in medical terms.

Answer 4

it may be acute or chronic it differs according to it grossly

Answer 5

chronic respiratory disease

Answer 6

Influenza is an acute disease.

Answer 7

it is acute.

Answer 8

It can kill you but it doesn't always.