| Pneumonia is an illness that affects the lungs, and | | | | -the cough produces a green liquid |
| that used to be the disease with the largest | | | | Pneumonia mostly affects elder people and young |
| number of deaths in the beginning of the century. | | | | children. The elders usually have viral or bacterial |
| It is an inflammation of the lungs that is caused | | | | pneumonia, while those that are under 40 years |
| by a virus or a bacteria, but fortunately since the | | | | old and suffer from pneumonia mostly have |
| discovery of antibiotics it can be easily cured, | | | | mycoplasmal pneumonia. This form is very |
| especially if it's discovered early. But it can still be | | | | contagious, once it affected a family member it |
| dangerous for the elder people or for those with | | | | will soon affect the others too. It is not as |
| a weak defense system. | | | | dangerous as the first two forms, but it can |
| The pneumonia symptoms usually depend on its | | | | cause serious complications if it's not treated. The |
| cause, but most of the patients cough, have | | | | common symptoms of the mycoplasmal |
| fever and chest pain. These symptoms appear at | | | | pneumonia are: |
| all the patients with pneumonia, no matter what | | | | -dry cough accompanied by fever |
| caused it. | | | | -a sore throat |
| More than half the pneumonia cases are cause by | | | | -a general sensation of weakness and fatigue |
| viruses. In this case, the pneumonia is called a viral | | | | -pain in the joints |
| pneumonia. Viral pneumonia symptoms are: | | | | When pneumonia affects young children it causes |
| -the chest pain is accompanied by headache and | | | | quite a disturbing feeling of illness and it also |
| fever | | | | makes the skin turn slightly blue. The child will |
| -the cough is dry | | | | have high fever and breathlessness. |
| -the patient experiences a general feeling of | | | | If you have two or more of the pneumonia |
| weakness and exhaustion | | | | symptoms you should call your doctor as soon as |
| Some of the pneumonias are caused by a | | | | you can because pneumonia causes severe |
| bacteria. In this case the most common | | | | complications if you don't treat it. If you start |
| symptoms that occur are: | | | | coughing blood then it means that the disease has |
| -a general sensation of cold, which causes | | | | advanced and it needs immediate treatment. If |
| shivering and accelerated heart beat | | | | the illness is discovered early it can be treated at |
| -high fever | | | | home with a few antibiotics, but if it's not then |
| -a blueish color of the skin | | | | the patient needs hospitalization. |