| Pneumonia is an illness that affects the lungs, and | | | | -the cough produces a green liquid |
| that used to be the disease with the largest number | | | | Pneumonia mostly affects elder people and young |
| of deaths in the beginning of the century. It is an | | | | children. The elders usually have viral or bacterial |
| inflammation of the lungs that is caused by a virus or | | | | pneumonia, while those that are under 40 years old |
| a bacteria, but fortunately since the discovery of | | | | and suffer from pneumonia mostly have mycoplasmal |
| antibiotics it can be easily cured, especially if it's | | | | pneumonia. This form is very contagious, once it |
| discovered early. But it can still be dangerous for the | | | | affected a family member it will soon affect the |
| elder people or for those with a weak defense | | | | others too. It is not as dangerous as the first two |
| system. | | | | forms, but it can cause serious complications if it's |
| The pneumonia symptoms usually depend on its | | | | not treated. The common symptoms of the |
| cause, but most of the patients cough, have fever | | | | mycoplasmal pneumonia are: |
| and chest pain. These symptoms appear at all the | | | | -dry cough accompanied by fever |
| patients with pneumonia, no matter what caused it. | | | | -a sore throat |
| More than half the pneumonia cases are cause by | | | | -a general sensation of weakness and fatigue |
| viruses. In this case, the pneumonia is called a viral | | | | -pain in the joints |
| pneumonia. Viral pneumonia symptoms are: | | | | When pneumonia affects young children it causes |
| -the chest pain is accompanied by headache and | | | | quite a disturbing feeling of illness and it also makes |
| fever | | | | the skin turn slightly blue. The child will have high |
| -the cough is dry | | | | fever and breathlessness. |
| -the patient experiences a general feeling of | | | | If you have two or more of the pneumonia |
| weakness and exhaustion | | | | symptoms you should call your doctor as soon as |
| Some of the pneumonias are caused by a bacteria. In | | | | you can because pneumonia causes severe |
| this case the most common symptoms that occur | | | | complications if you don't treat it. If you start |
| are: | | | | coughing blood then it means that the disease has |
| -a general sensation of cold, which causes shivering | | | | advanced and it needs immediate treatment. If the |
| and accelerated heart beat | | | | illness is discovered early it can be treated at home |
| -high fever | | | | with a few antibiotics, but if it's not then the patient |
| -a blueish color of the skin | | | | needs hospitalization. |