Pneumonia

I do it constantly, and Ive never had pneumonia? Since pneumonia is defined as:

" A respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants ", I would have to say no. While swallowing liquids the incorrect way may be irritating, it is very brief. I do believe pneumonia is something that progresses over time, and not in a period as short as the coughing that follows what we are discussing.

Washtubs.

Since the term "washtub pneumonia" was used to describe respiratory ailments contracted by laundresses in coal mining camps, the cause was probably coal dust mixed with the laundry chemicals.

The ICD-9-CM code for Viral Pneumonia is 480.9

Speaking from sad, personal experience, I came down with pneumonia in June, which started off as just a normal cough - the kind one would get just having a cold. As the cough grew worse, new symptoms appeared, such as chills and night sweats. I started wondering if something was wrong when I started to get diarrhea, which went away after a few days on its own. Then came loss of appetite, a fever, dizziness, confusion and a runny nose with blood streaks in the mucus. The most prevalent symptom was lack of oxygen, which I didn't notice at the time, but I did notice that I needed a fan to feel comfortable. I spent a lot of time in bed and after a while I couldn't lie down flat without having trouble breathing, so I had to sit up in a chair. I hardly got any sleep and there was a lot of confusion in my mind. I didn't dream much, but it was hard to separate the dreams I did have with waking reality. I was able to walk around, but barely. It was an effort just to get from the bed to the bathroom, or to cross the street to get groceries. I live alone, so I had to run all errands by myself. (I suppose I had a few friends who would have helped, but I was too confused to call them and ask for assistance.) Somehow, in my fevered confusion, I didn't think I was feeling that, so I thought I'd get better really soon. But it got much, much worse...

A friend told me I might have pneumonia, so I went to the doctor and she gave me a round of antibiotics and that knocked out the fever, but all the other symptoms persisted - even the confusion. I thought perhaps my body was just run down and the symptoms would go away on their own, so I went on a trip I'd been planning (I should have been resting in bed) and ended up in the hospital for 3 days with another round of antibiotics administered via intravenous antibiotics treatment. They released me and I finished my dose with 4 little pink pills (they cost me $75.00 dollars - just for the pills. It was either, get them or die). After about two or 3 days, I felt a little better, but I was still weak as a feather. Just when I thought I was on my way to recovery, I began to have heart trouble, the worst of which lasted about a week or two and it tapered off for about one month after that. It's now mid-December and I am pretty much back to "normal" but I am weaker and I still have a little, annoying, dry cough and a little bit of stuff in my lungs. This is especially irritated by the cold, damp weather in the region where I live. So in short, it takes about half a year to (sort of) recover if the case was bad enough. A milder case could take a few days to a few weeks.

Now, if I should catch another cold or maybe even the flu, I don't know what will happen. I did get the pneumonia shot while I was still in the hospital, so I hope that will prevent future infections. BUT, I won't know if I'm really over the pneumonia until I am tested with a regular seasonal bug. Not a good way to find out, but perhaps it's the only true way to know for sure how my lungs can handle infections. (NOT that I recommend going out and catching some bug deliberately...)

This would be a statistic that is very hard to find because in the countries where the death rate is the highest the records kept are the least reliable.

medications are the best fight against pneumonia. Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial pneumonia. Antivirals are administered to fight against viral pneumonia since antibiotics will have no effect on them. Administration of a fever reducer can also be given to help reduce the fever in the individual.

splint the patient's incisional area while he/she coughs and breathes deeply.

I quit smoking and I did not get Pneumonia I must admit however that after I gave up I tended to cough more then ever for nearly two years. It was probably the garbage lining my lungs coming loose and irritating the system.

The vaccine usually takes effect in two weeks.

Yes, death due to pneumonia is possible.

It's viral, and it's also the smallest virus known to man so far.

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There are actually several different pathogens that cause bacterial pneumonia, which is the 7th leading cause of death in the US. Pneumococcal pneumonia is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is when the alveoli of the lungs fill with fluids and interferes with oxygen uptake. Treatment includes penicillins or fluroquinolones. Next is Haemophilus influenze pneumonia, which is caused by Haemophilus influenzaebacteria...and the name is deceiving -- it was named influenza before it was correctly identified as a strain of pneumonia and the name just stuck. H. influenze causes sypmtoms similar to S. pnuemoniae, but it is not suseptable to penicillan -- treatment for this strain is cephalosporins. Next is the Mycoplasmal pneumonia, which is caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Symptoms include headache, low grade fever, cough -- generally mild but persistent respioratory symptoms. Treatment is tetracyclines. Legionellosis (caused by Legionella pneumophila) is a potentially fatal pneumonia that is seen more often in older males who drink or smoke heavily, and can be passed in water. Treatment includes erythromycin. Psittacosis (ornoithosis) is caused by Chlamydophila psittaci, and symptoms are very mild and include fever, headache and chills. This pathogen is also handled by tetracyclines. Chlamydial pneumonia is caused by the Chlamydophila pneumoniae bacterium, has mild respiratory illness common in young people and resembles mycoplasmal pneumonia with low fever, cough and headache. Treatment includes tetracyclines. Finally, Q Fever, which is caused by Coxiella burnetii. This strain shows mild respiratory disease which lasts 1-2 weeks, and sometimes is complicated by endocarditis. This one can be passed by animals and/or ticks as well as unpasteurized mild. Treatment includes Doxycycline and chloroquine.

Pneumonia is not viewed to be as dangerous as it was several years ago, treatment is now so very advanced, the likelihood of it ending your life prematurely is a lot less these days if found early enough.

When the condition is serious enough to require continuous observation.

It is inflammation of the perihilum (area around the hilum, a section of the lungs next to the heart, where the blood vessels enter). It may or may not be caused by pneumonia.

Aids doesn't cause pneumonia. You can die from pneumonia with or without aids. However if you have aids you are more likely to die from pneumonia then if you didn't have aids and contracted pneumonia

It helped me! I had pneumonia with a very large empyema in my right lung in March 2011. It was undiagnosed and I got to hospital on the verge of death. I was put into a medically induced coma in a intesive care unit and remained there for 3 weeks. I knew nothing of this at the time, and when I awoke I was in a high dependency unit, where I stayed for another 8 weeks (with chest drains, which were uncomfortable), then had a decortication procedure under general anaesthesia, and nother 3 weeks in hospital. I survived (not writing this from beyond the grave...) and a year later am fit and healthy.

The S strain produces a capsule but the R strain does not

im going just now please help fast

Pneumonia treatment varies widely according to a number of factors such as the type of infection, age and physical condition of the patient, complications and accompanying conditions, etc. Viral pneumonia has no known medical cure other than rest and symptomatic treatment such as cough suppressants. The rare varicella virus pneumonia can be treated with the antiviral medication acyclovir. Most pneumonia cases are caused by bacteria, and the initial treatment is usually a broad-spectrum antibiotic such as a macrolide, tetracycline or fluoroclinolone. In general, pneumonia has an extremely high cure rate with most antibiotics. If your doctor finds it necessary to hospitalize you, you might be treated with a cephalosporin, penicillin or vancomycin antibiotic.

The only way to KNOW that you have pneumonia is by a Chest X-Ray. If you have a persistent deep cough, feel weak and tired, short of breath especially on exertion, see your doctor for a diagnosis. If you also have a fever, see your doctor right away.

The doctor can listen to your lung sounds and do a clinical exam and often diagnose without the need for X-ray to begin treatment. If further confirmation of pneumonia is needed beyond the clinical findings on the doctor's physical exam, then a Chest X-Ray will be ordered or done by the doctor. Sometimes cultures of the sputum coughed up will be done to determine exactly what pathogen is the cause of the pneumonia, especially if the initial treatment does not improve the symptoms within the expected time frame. The doctor can put you on antibiotics, if needed, for a bacterial infection causing the pneumonia, or start anti-viral or anti-fungal medication based on the culture results.

Pneumonia can be caused by viruses as well as bacteria and fungal infections, so depending on the type of pneumonia, the doctor may or may not prescribe antibiotics (that are for treating only bacterial pneumonia).