Pneumonia

Quick Facts about Pneumonia

Quick Facts help you understand Pneumonia but are not a substitute for diagnosis and treatment by your doctor

Symptoms - symptoms may be mild to severe. See your doctor if you have a high fever, shaking chills, cough with phlegm, shortness of breath with normal activities, chest pain with breathing, feel suddenly worse after a cold or flu.

Transmission - from direct contact with those infected or indirect contact from droplets in air or surfaces with the bacteria or viruses

Prevention - See Doctors Report Prevention Steps. Vaccines as recommended by your doctor. No smoking. Stay healthy and keep the immune system strong with exercise, good nutrition and rest.

Treatment - See your doctor. Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics, anti viral medicines or other treatments.

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Recent News

Published 12/12/2017

Health Tip: Diagnosing Pneumonia

(HealthDay News) -- Pneumonia is a lung infection that most often spreads through coughing, sneezing or touching.

Most people recover in one to three weeks, but pneumonia can be deadly, especially among people with weaker immune systems.

The American Lung Associ...

Just Over Half of Adults with Work-Related Asthma Report Having Received a Pneumococcal Vaccine People with work-related asthma at high risk of pneumococcal pneumonia

Published 11/21/2017

Adults with asthma are at increased risk for pneumococcal disease, yet according to a new CDC study published today in theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine, just 54 percent of adults with work-related asthma—asthma triggered by an exposure at work—have been vaccinated against the infection...