Pneumonia and Cough Mechanism
Well my paper is on pneumonia. The little I do know about pneumonia is that it is caused by an infection. You can recover from pneumonia with the right treatment. Pneumonia is more serious with people with weak immune systems. But to further my knowledge on pneumonia I did some research.
What is pneumonia? Pneumonia is a common lung infection caused by bacteria, a virus or fungi. The infection inflames your lungs' air sacs, which are called alveoli. The air sacs may fill up with fluid or pus, causing symptoms such as a cough with phlegm (a slimy substance), fever, chills, and trouble breathing. What are some symptoms of pneumonia? Pneumonia and its symptoms can vary from mild to severe. Many factors affect how serious pneumonia is, such as the type of germ causing the infection , your age and your overall health.
Symptoms of pneumonia caused by bacteria in otherwise healthy people younger than 65 usually come on suddenly. They often start during or after an upper respiratory infection, such as the flu or a cold. Symptoms may include, cough, often producing mucus. Mucus may be rusty or green or tinged with blood, fever, which may be less common in older adults, shaking, "teeth-chattering" chills, one time only or many times. Fast shallow breathing, chest wall pain that is often made worse by coughing or breathing in, fast heartbeat, feeling very tired or weak, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea.
Symptoms of pneumonia not caused by bacteria may come on gradually and are often not as bad or as obvious as symptoms of bacterial pneumonia. Many people don't know that they have nonbacterial pneumonia, because they don't feel sick.
But symptoms may include fever, cough, shortness of breath and little mucus when you cough. When symptoms are mild, your doctor may call your condition
"walking” pneumonia.
How can an individual get pneumonia? An individual can get pneumonia by bacteria and viruses living in your nose, sinuses, or mouth
What is pneumonia? Pneumonia is a common lung infection caused by bacteria, a virus or fungi. The infection inflames your lungs' air sacs, which are called alveoli. The air sacs may fill up with fluid or pus, causing symptoms such as a cough with phlegm (a slimy substance), fever, chills, and trouble breathing. What are some symptoms of pneumonia? Pneumonia and its symptoms can vary from mild to severe. Many factors affect how serious pneumonia is, such as the type of germ causing the infection , your age and your overall health.
Symptoms of pneumonia caused by bacteria in otherwise healthy people younger than 65 usually come on suddenly. They often start during or after an upper respiratory infection, such as the flu or a cold. Symptoms may include, cough, often producing mucus. Mucus may be rusty or green or tinged with blood, fever, which may be less common in older adults, shaking, "teeth-chattering" chills, one time only or many times. Fast shallow breathing, chest wall pain that is often made worse by coughing or breathing in, fast heartbeat, feeling very tired or weak, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea.
Symptoms of pneumonia not caused by bacteria may come on gradually and are often not as bad or as obvious as symptoms of bacterial pneumonia. Many people don't know that they have nonbacterial pneumonia, because they don't feel sick.
But symptoms may include fever, cough, shortness of breath and little mucus when you cough. When symptoms are mild, your doctor may call your condition
"walking” pneumonia.
How can an individual get pneumonia? An individual can get pneumonia by bacteria and viruses living in your nose, sinuses, or mouth