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