Which is worst viral or bacterial pneumonia?

Answer 1

The difference between viral pneumonia and bacterial pneumonia is that viral pneumonia is caused by the influenza virus (the flu) and is treated by humididfied air, increased fluid intake, and the incubation period is only about 1-5 days. Cough, headache, muscle stiffness, shortness of breath, fever and chills, sweating and fatigue are all symptoms of vira pneumonia.
Bacterial pneumonia is caused by streptococcus pneumoniae and is helped with antibiotics, fluid intake, supplemental oxygen, bed rest, chest physical therapy, bronchidilators, and cough suppresents and the incubation period is around 6 months. Symptoms of bacterial pneumonia include, sudden fever, chills, a productice cough, and discomfort in chest. There are similarities in the two viruses also, but they are very different too.

Answer 2

Pneumonia is caused by bacteria or viruses and the symptoms are very similar. The pathogen is different and therefore, the treatment is different. Pneumonia can also be caused by inhalation of irritating substances and smoke or by fluid or food aspiration into the lungs. Often bacterial pneumonia can be a secondary infection with viral pneumonia.

Answer 3

Boil it down to viral vs bacterial. Viral cannot be cured, while bacterial can be. Bacterial also usually just gets right to work, while a virus may lay dormant for many years, and can be passed through heredity.

Answer 4

All colds are viral. This is why antibiotics are not effective against the common cold, and are only (very rarely) prescribed for their placebo effect. Prescribing antibiotics for a viral infection not only doesn't help destroy the disease, it will also make the antibiotic less effective against other diseases in the future. Sometimes bacterial infections will accompany a common cold, in which case the use of antibiotics is valid to treat the symptoms of the bacterial infection. It may alleviate those symptoms, but it will not help cure the cold itself. A disease caused by bacteria is never a common cold, but some bacterial infections may have similar symptoms.

Answer 5

Depends on the virus and the bacteria. There are viruses that are more deadly than some bacteria, and vice versa. However, in general, a bacterial pneumonia is more dangerous, as they tend to clog the alveoli and small airways with mucus and can cause abcesses.

Answer 6

One's a virus and one's caused by bacteria. Um, apart from that, I'm not really sure, except there's a vaccine for one of them...I think it's the viral one. Also antibiotics work on the bacterial one but not the viral meningitis.

Answer 7

Between viral and bacterial pneumonia bacterial is the worst. Viral pneumonia usually gets better on its own while bacterial pneumonia needs to be treated with antibiotics and sometimes hospitalization.

Answer 8

bacterial