Inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia in medical language) means fluid and inflammatory process in the lungs.
Caused by a bacterial, viral or fungal infection.
During this diagnosis, the patient has difficulty breathing, has a temperature and coughs up yellow, green or bloody sputum.
The course of treatment depends on the severity of the disease and the underlying cause.
No one is immune to pneumonia, but it is especially important when an infant, a person over 65 years old, or a person of any age with a weak immune system or a history of various diseases is affected.
Remember, pneumonia is a serious pathology - against the background of arbitrary treatment and delayed consultation with a doctor, the patient's condition worsens quickly, therefore, you should consult a doctor at the first symptoms.
In pneumonia, the lung tissue swells and as a result fluid or pus accumulates in this organ. Statistically, compared to viral pneumonia, bacterial lung inflammation is more severe. As a rule, the cause of pneumonia in adults is bacteria, and the cause of the disease in school-age children is viruses.
These diseases can cause pneumonia:
- ill;
- coronavirus;
- flu;
- respiratory syncytial virus;
- pneumocystic pneumonia;
- Legionnaires' disease and others.
Pneumonia itself is not contagious, but the bacteria and virus that cause it are. For example, the flu is contagious and can cause inflammation of the lungs, although a patient may have the flu but not develop pneumonia.
The bacterium that causes pneumonia is transmitted from person to person by coughing, sneezing, touching an infected surface. Unlike viruses and bacteria, fungal pneumonia, a fungal infection (the fungus that causes this type of disease) cannot be spread from person to person.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4471-pneumonia
