| Every year there are people that die of | | | | the disease you may experience breathless |
| pneumonia, especially older people, those | | | | and a cough that produces a whitish phlegm. |
| with chronic illnesses or impaired immune | | | | |
| systems, but also affects young and healthy | | | | Mycoplasma Pneumonia Mycoplasma is a tiny |
| people. There are many types of pneumonia | | | | bacterium that causes symptoms similar to |
| with various signs and symptoms that usually | | | | those caused by other bacterial and viral |
| appear after a flu or a complicated cold. | | | | infections but more mild and flu like |
| Pneumonia occurs suddenly with chest pain, | | | | symptoms. A "walking pneumonia," is caused |
| chills, fever, cough and shortness of breath. | | | | by mycoplasma, you may not even know you had |
| Antibiotics are used to treat the most common | | | | pneumonia. Mycoplasma pneumonia spreads |
| forms of bacterial pneumonias, | | | | easily and affects children, young adults in |
| antibiotic-resistant pneumonias are a growing | | | | community. Gives good results if treated with |
| problem. | | | | the appropiate antibiotics. |
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| Signs and symptoms | | | | Chlamydia |
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| It is not easy to have a cristal clear | | | | Chlamydia pneumonia is common among |
| diagnosis of pneumonia, because often is | | | | school-age children and causes similar |
| mistaken with colds and flus. Bacterial | | | | symptoms with those of mycoplasma pneumonia. |
| pneumonia There are many bacteria that | | | | Has a good response in antibiotic therapy, |
| cause pneumonia and you may develop it if you | | | | the chlamydia bacterium that causes pneumonia |
| had a viral upper respiratory infection such | | | | is different from the one that causes |
| as influenza, in older people and people | | | | sexually transmitted infections. Pneumonia |
| with a chronic illness or compromised immune | | | | may be caused by some types of fungi which |
| system the symtoms are not that severe and | | | | spread through bird droppings, with symptoms |
| evident as in young people which have shaking | | | | of acute pneumonia and chronic pneumonia. |
| chills, sweating, a high fever, chest pain | | | | Pneumocystis carinii causes infection and |
| and cough that produces thick, greenish or | | | | pneumonia in people with AIDS. It also |
| yellow phlegm. | | | | affects people with organ transplants, |
| | | | chemotherapy, on corticosteroids or other |
| Viral pneumonia Viral pneumonia is more | | | | immune-suppressing drugs. Signs and symptoms |
| often during winter time and is caused by a a | | | | include a cough that doesn't go away, trouble |
| dozen different viruses. Its first symptoms | | | | breathing and fever. Some tests need to be |
| are: muscle pain and fatigue, headache, | | | | done: laboratory test results, X-ray |
| fever, a dry cough all those symptoms are | | | | findings, demographics. Home care is possible |
| more severe in people with cardiovascular or | | | | even in severe cases if the caregivers give |
| lung disease. When having a viral pneumonia | | | | the chest therapy and antibiotics intravenous |
| you are susceptible of developing a secondary | | | | and if good support and home nursing services |
| bacterial pneumonia, with the progression of | | | | are assured. |