Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, air-filled sacs (alveoli) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. Pneumonia can result from a variety of causes, including infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. Pneumonia may also result from chemical or physical irritation of the lungs or as the result of another medical illness, such as lung cancer or alcohol abuse.
Symptoms associated with pneumonia include cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. Diagnostic tools include x-rays and examination of the sputum. Treatment depends on the cause of pneumonia; bacterial pneumonia is treated with antibiotics.
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Links
- Pneumonia.Net
- Information about bacterial and viral pneumonia and its diagnosis, prevention and treatment, plus facts about respiratory diseases, pneumonia in children, the pneumonia vaccine and herbal remedies.
- Dynamics in Healthcare
- Information about diagnosis, symptoms and treatment, plus articles.
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Recognizing, treating, and preventing infections caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. Consumer information about pneumonia, otitis, bloodstream infections, and meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. Information about vaccines and antibiotic treatment.
- E-Medicine
- Article about bacterial pneumonia, which is caused by a pathogenic infection of the lungs.
- Medstudents: An Overview
- General considerations about pneumonia , giving importance to prevalent agents in different groups of patients.
- Mayo Clinic: Pneumonia
- A description of the disease plus complications, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment.
- Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)
- Information resources on this common AIDS-related infection and its treatment from TheBody.com.
- Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
- Issues, recommendations, appendices, tables and references related to the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia.
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- From the Centers for Disease Control, clinical data collected to discuss the particulars of this pneumonic variant.
- Atypical Pneumonia
- Causes, symptoms, and treatments of this condition, also called walking pneumonia. Descriptions of the organisms that commonly cause it.
- Postgraduate Medicine: Pneumonia Symposium
- Series on community-acquired pneumonia, covering outpatient care, predicting which patients need inpatient or intensive-care treatment, and the lack of specificity in the "atypical pneumonia" label. Includes discussions of the various pathogens.
- eMedicine - Bacterial Pneumonia
- Article covering clinical information, diagnosis, and treatment. Includes prescribing information, pictures and X-rays.
- eMedicine Health - Viral Pneumonia
- Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this disorder.
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Consumer health resource center providing information on causes, symptoms, and treatment of bacterial pneumonia. From eMedicine Health.
- Chemical Pneumonia
- Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. From eMedicine Health.
- Yahoo! Health - Pneumonia
- Health encyclopedia with detailed information: definition, causes, incidence, risk factors, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment and prevention.
- MerckSource
- Find diagrams of the lungs and respiratory system and information about pneumonia symptoms.
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