| Pneumonia is a very serious condition | | | | that are carried into your lungs. If |
| that also has some very severe | | | | these abscesses are not treated, this |
| complications. Pneumonia is on the third | | | | can cause hemorrhage and thus can lead |
| place on the list of most frequent | | | | to death. However, there are many |
| causes of hospitalization. More than a | | | | antibiotics available that can reduce |
| million and a half people that suffer | | | | the risk of death or hemorrhage |
| from pneumonia are hospitalized every | | | | considerably. |
| year. Although most of the people that | | | | Another complication of pneumonia can be |
| suffer from pneumonia respond very well | | | | respiratory failure. This is actually |
| to treatment and most of them are cured, | | | | the main cause of death in patients that |
| the infection caused by pneumonia is | | | | suffer from pneumococcal pneumonia. When |
| still a serious problem that can bring a | | | | your lungs are not able to function |
| lot of complications. In some countries, | | | | properly, the quantity of oxygen is |
| pneumonia is the first cause of death | | | | reduced and you risk to die. As you can |
| because of an infection. | | | | see, this is a very serious pneumonia |
| The severity of pneumonia depends on | | | | complication. Failure to breath can |
| several factors like age, the state of | | | | happen from the changes in your lungs |
| their health or weak immune system. | | | | that occur when you suffer from |
| However, even if you do not suffer from | | | | pneumonia. Failure can also occur when |
| a very serious case of pneumonia, there | | | | you loose the needed oxygen from your |
| is always the risk of developing a | | | | arteries when your pneumonia case |
| complication. The most common pneumonia | | | | results in a very abnormal flow of the |
| complications are: abscesses, | | | | blood. |
| respiratory failure and bacteremia. | | | | The third pneumonia complication is |
| Abscesses are some of the most dangerous | | | | bacteremia, that means bacteria in your |
| pneumonia complications. These are | | | | blood. This is one of the complications |
| cavities filled with pus that are found | | | | that mostly happens in cases of |
| in your lungs. Besides the fact that | | | | streptococcus pneumonia. However, there |
| they are filled with pus, these | | | | are few the cases where this infection |
| pneumonia complications also have thick | | | | actually spreads to other locations of |
| walls and they form when the infection | | | | your body. Bacteremia is also a very |
| that you have has destroyed your lung | | | | common complication of some other gram |
| tissue. These pneumonia complications | | | | negative microbes, which include |
| are the result of a mixture of organisms | | | | haemophilus influenzae. |