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    Pneumonia is an infection that causes air sacs in the lungs to fill with fluid or pus. Germs like bacteria, viruses, or fungi can cause pneumonia. Symptoms can range from mild like cough, fever, and chest pain to more severe symptoms like shortness of breath. Diagnosis involves medical history, physical exam, and possibly chest x-ray or blood tests. Treatment depends on the severity and involves antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia, fluids, oxygen therapy, or ventilation. Recovery can take weeks or months.

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    Pneumonia is an infection that causes air sacs in the lungs to fill with fluid or pus. Germs like bacteria, viruses, or fungi can cause pneumonia. Symptoms can range from mild like cough, fever, and chest pain to more severe symptoms like shortness of breath. Diagnosis involves medical history, physical exam, and possibly chest x-ray or blood tests. Treatment depends on the severity and involves antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia, fluids, oxygen therapy, or ventilation. Recovery can take weeks or months.

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    Pneumonia is an infection that causes air sacs in the lungs to fill with fluid or pus. Germs like bacteria, viruses, or fungi can cause pneumonia. Symptoms can range from mild like cough, fever, and chest pain to more severe symptoms like shortness of breath. Diagnosis involves medical history, physical exam, and possibly chest x-ray or blood tests. Treatment depends on the severity and involves antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia, fluids, oxygen therapy, or ventilation. Recovery can take weeks or months.

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    WHAT IS

    PNEUMONIA?

    Could You Have Pneumonia? Learn the facts about pneumonia, its signs and
    symptoms, and ways to manage it after
    Symptoms of pneumonia can be mild a diagnosis.
    or serious. They may include:

    • Chest pain when breathing


    or coughing Basic Facts About Pneumonia
    • Chills and/or fever Pneumonia is an infection that causes the air
    • Coughing with or without mucus sacs (called alveoli) in one or both lungs to fill
    • Low blood oxygen levels up with fluid or pus.

    • Shortness of breath
    Germs such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi can
    Other symptoms may include a headache, cause pneumonia. Influenza (flu) is an example
    muscle pain, extreme tiredness, nausea of a virus that can cause pneumonia.
    (feeling sick to your stomach), vomiting,
    and diarrhea. Older adults may experience
    weakness, confusion, or a lower-than- Pneumonia can be mild or severe. A person’s
    normal temperature instead of a fever. health and age, and the type of germ causing the
    Sometimes babies may vomit, appear infection, all contribute to how serious it is.
    restless or have low energy, or show
    signs of breathing problems.
    Staying up to date on pneumococcus and
    Pneumonia can be hard to diagnose flu vaccines can help prevent some types of
    because its symptoms are similar to a pneumonia. Vaccines can also help decrease the
    cold or flu. Symptoms can vary from mild severity for those who do get pneumonia.
    to severe depending on the type of germ
    causing the infection, your age, and
    Pneumonia can affect people of any age.
    overall health. To diagnose pneumonia,
    However, children 2 years old or younger, and
    your doctor will review your medical
    adults age 65 or older, are more likely to have
    history and do a physical exam. They
    serious pneumonia.
    may also do a chest X-ray, blood test,
    or measure the oxygen in the blood.
    WHAT IS PNEUMONIA?

    Managing Pneumonia How Pneumonia Affects Breathing


    Treatment for pneumonia depends Sometimes germs like bacteria, viruses, or fungi can get
    on the germ causing the infection, into your airways through mucus. The airways are lined
    and how serious it is. Bacterial with hair-like cilia, which help to push the mucus and
    pneumonia is usually treated with germs out of your airways, usually by coughing.
    antibiotics. But if you have viral
    pneumonia, antibiotics won’t help. Sometimes germs make it into air sacs, or alveoli, in the
    In mild cases, your doctor may lungs. The body’s immune system usually attacks the
    prescribe medicine or suggest over- germs. If the immune system is weakened, germs that
    the-counter medicine to treat cause pneumonia can multiply. As the body tries to fight
    it at home. off the germs, it can cause swelling, or inflammation.
    Inflammation can make air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid
    For more serious cases, hospital and pus. This makes it hard for the body to get enough
    treatment may be needed. At the oxygen and breathe easily.
    hospital, people with pneumonia will
    receive medicine and fluids through
    an intravenous (IV) line. Sometimes
    oxygen therapy is used to pump
    oxygen into the blood. In very serious
    cases, a ventilator may be used to help
    with breathing. Damaged sections of
    the lung may also need to be removed Normal,
    healthy alveoli
    to help prevent pneumonia from
    happening again.

    Recovery can take weeks or even


    months. Your doctor may suggest
    lifestyle changes, such as eating
    healthy or getting enough sleep, Alveoli filled
    with fluid
    to help with recovery. Talk to your
    healthcare provider about your
    treatment plan. This can help you
    avoid complications and start feeling
    better.

    For more information about lung health, visit


    www.nhlbi.nih.gov/BreatheBetter
    For more information about pneumonia, visit
    NIH Publication No. 23-HL-8210
    August 2023
    www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/pneumonia

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