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Bacterial Pneumonia

admin — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:27:04 +0000

Bacterial pneumonia is an infection which causes inflammation of the lungs. Although there are several types of pneumonia such as viral pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia, the most common pneumonia is caused by a single celled organism, or bacteria, called streptococcus pneumoniae. Read more...

Causes of Walking Pneumonia — Be Aware!

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:59:00 +0000

In our world today there are several tiny germs that can cause a person to become infected with the horrible infection, “walking pneumonia.” Read more...

What is Walking Pneumonia?

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:43:03 +0000

Many people’s eyes are open wide when they hear the word walking pneumonia coming from their doctor’s mouth. This type of illness is very disturbing to everyone and is very serious especially for all those with immune systems that are more vulnerable such as in newborns and the elderly. However, there is good news, most cases of walking pneumonia in children and adolescents can be easily treated. Read more...

Mycoplasma Pneumoniae – Prevention, Cure and Symptoms

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:39:20 +0000

Mycoplasmal pneumonia is a bacterial disease that shows signs of gradual as well as insidious onset of several days and continues till many weeks. The patient is likely to suffer from fever, malaise not to mention persistent as well as slow dry cough. Coughing is considered to be an integral part of this disease and the complete absence of cough makes the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pretty unlikely. The patient is also likely to suffer from headache, chills, scratchy sore throat and even from sore chest as well as from tracheal tenderness. In some rare cases the patient is likely to suffer from Pleuritic chest pain. Read more...

Symptoms of Pneumonia (Mycoplasma Pneumonia)

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:04:03 +0000

Pneumonia is an illness that is characterized by serious lung infection or inflammation in one or both lungs. There are many different types of pneumonia, but one well-known and common type is mycoplasma pneumonia. This is caused by a specific type of bacteria, mycoplasma pneumonia, and is spread through the air. Specifically, mycoplasma pneumonia spreads through respiratory droplets, which are tiny moist droplets in the air that come from an infected person’s cough or sneeze. These droplets then infect other individuals when they make contact with a victim’s eyes, nose, or mouth, allowing the bacteria to spread to that person’s body. Read more...