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