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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung(s) caused by infection. The three main causes are fungi, bacteria and viruses. All questions concerning symptoms, causes and treatments can be found here.
762 Questions
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Can you drink beer if you've had pneumonia?
no, once you have had certain diseases..including that one....you are permently "allergic" to beer. It will cause a relapse every time you drink.
* Not true, i can speak from personal experience you may drink beer if you have had pneumonia. But i wouldn't recommended doing it right away. Wait a month.
Basicly, it is caused by smoking, so do not smoke. Smoking can cause lung cancer Bronchitis, Heart disease and other diseases. ok. Bronchitis causes permantly damage to the lungs. U will have hard time breathing and if u walk a few steps u are out of breath.
Frederick Griffith
How does pneumonia affect the respiratory system?
Pneumonia can reduce the ability of the lungs to allow oxygen diffusion across the alveoli if accumulations of pus (exudate) or fluids block significant portions of the lungs.
When the pneumonia patient need suction?
When the assessment to the chest appears congested and pulse odometer 90%
According to the CPT book, Category II codes, 1026F: "Co-morbid conditions assessed (eg, includes assessment for presence or absence of: malignancy, liver disease, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, renal disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, diabetes, other co-morbid conditions)(CAP)"
Current Procedural Coding Expert 2010, page 437, 2009 American Medical Association.
Why do stroke victims get pneumonia form swallowing issues?
When a person has a stroke they can have swallowing issues due to temporary or permanent loss of muscle control in the neck or face (including the esophagus and pharynx). Sometimes because of this, food or more commonly drink, will go down the windpipe into the lungs rather than down the esophagus into the stomach. If the person is unable to cough the particles of food or drink out before they go all the way down into the bronchioles of the lungs, then it may stay there and cause chest infection or in some cases can lead to infection and swelling of the lung walls (otherwise known as pneumonia).
Do you say i recovered from pneumonia or i got better from pneumonia?
You should say, "I recovered from pneumonia."
Does pneumonia affect the patients future?
Most individuals recover from pneumonia. However, very elderly and/or immunocompromised patients sometimes succumb, despite antibiotic treatment, and die.
A search of webmd.com was unsuccessful in finding lingual pneumonia. The tissue underneath the tongue is called the lingual frenulum; webmd.com references to the lingualfrenulum related specifically to "tongue - tie(ankyloglossia) a birth defect in which the tissue that attaches the tongue to the bottom of the mouth (lingual frenulum) is abnormally short."
