1. What is Pneumonia?
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many different organisms can cause it, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
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2. Pneumonia : Search Results - healthfinder.gov - Your Source for Reliable Health Information
Pneumonia is a serious illness. It can lead to infections of the lungs, the blood, or the brain. Don't wait talk to your doctor about the pneumonia shot.... Details >
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3. Information about Pneumonia
Pneumonia is caused by a viral or bacterial infection that fills your lungs with mucus. This lowers the oxygen level in your blood. Symptoms of pneumonia can include the following:
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4. Pneumonia - News, Information on Pneumonia - NY Times Health Information
Health officials determined that a water filter removed too much chlorine, possibly allowing the spread of a rare bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.
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5. Pneumonia
Also known as: Lower Respiratory Tract Infection; Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia; Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia; Walking pneumonia; Double pneumonia; Lobar
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6. Pneumonia
You may associate pneumonia with the melodrama of a soap opera: prolonged hospital stays, oxygen tents, and family members whispering in bedside huddles. It's true that pneumonia can be serious. But more often pneumonia is an infection that can...
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7. Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a potentially fatal infection that causes inflammation (redness and swelling) inside the lungs, resulting in breathing difficulty.
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8. Pneumonia
Pneumonia is actually a group of diseases that cause infection or inflammation (swelling) in the lungs. Pneumonia causes air sacs in the lungs to fill with pus and other fluids, making it difficult for oxygen to reach the blood. Pneumonia affects .....
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9. Pneumonia
Influenza (the flu) is caused by a virus. Flu symptoms include high fever, chills and sweating, sore throat, weakness, headache, muscle and joint pains and a cough. Treatment includes bed rest, paracetamol and drinking plenty of fluids. Immunisati...
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10. Project Inform: Health information Bacterial pneumonia
Bacterial pneumonia is a common problem for many HIV-positive people, even for those who have high CD4 cell counts or are responding well to HIV treatment. In one large study, HIV-positive adults were almost eight times more likely to experience b...
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