Question 1

whats the best antibiotic for pneumonia?

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: This is too big a topic to cover in this limited forum.

Question 2

how do you treat pneumonia?

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Antibiotics depends: It vis treated with antibiotics and the choice of antibiotics depends on whether it is nursing home aquired pneumonia, community aquired pneumonia, hospital aquired pneumonia and if it is in pediatric age group or young patients, diabetics or geriatric age group.

Question 3

community acquired pneumonia?

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CAP is…: An infection of the lung(s) in a person not recently hospitalized/in a nursing home/in a rehab facility. Microbes involved in cap tend to be less virulent than those acquired in hospitals. Most common is streptococcus; atypicals (walking pneumonia) include legionella, mycoplasma, & chlamydophila. Viruses common in infants & kids. Pneumocystis seen in immunocompromised.

Question 4

how do you diagnose  pneumonia?

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CXR or stethoscope: You can see it on a chest xray or a cat scan of the chest, you can hear it with a stethoscope and you can sometimes get a clue from certain blood tests.

Question 5

why do i keep getting pneumonia ?

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Recurrent Pneumonia: One common cause is misdiagnosis.  Not knowing your case, i can't say this is what's going on, but a lot of disease get called "pneumonia" when in fact there is something else going on.  There are some cause of recurring pneumonia however such as immunological system deficiencies, aspiration (choking bacteria into the lungs), and underlying lung diseases that haven't been diagnosed. See a lung doc.

Question 6

how do u know if u have pneumonia?

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Many symptoms: Symptoms of a pneumonia include fever, shortness of breath, chills, cough, fatigue, and others. Call your doctor if you are concerned about a pneumonia.

Question 7

which type of disease is pneumonia?

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See below: Pneumonia is an infection of the lung tissues.  Pneumonia characterized by acute onset of cough, fever and sometimes shortness of breath and chest pains.  Rales are heard on auscultation of the lungs and an infiltrate is seen on chest x-ray.

Question 8

why do i continue getting pneumonia?

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Many causes: You may have a predisposition to infection because of a poor immune system. This can be acquired, inherited or simply due to bad habits....Such as too little sleep, drinking alcohol, too much stress including over exercise. Most physician would test your immune system with blood test and look for medical conditions that may be associated with infection, like COPD or diabetes.

Question 9

what are early symptoms of pneumonia?

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Symptoms: Early symptoms include fatigue, productive cough, shortness of breath and fever.

Question 10

what is pneumonia actually caused by?

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Infection...: Pneumonia is caused by an infection of the lung parenchyma. When the etiology is bacterial, antibiotics are prescribed whereas supportive care is given when there is a viral etiology.

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