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What is the main difference between sars and pneumonia

A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Walsh
Addiction Medicine 19 years experience
None: Sars is a viral pneumonia with systemic systems - i.e. It is a specific kind of pneumonia. Pneumonia is simply any infection involving the lung; fung... Read More
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Dr. Michael Depietro
Pulmonary Critical Care 37 years experience
SARS is a type : Pneumonia is any infection of the lungs. Sars is a particularly severe pneumonia that can cause respiratory failure and require life support. It is ca... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Stephen Scholand
Infectious Disease 25 years experience
SARS vs influenza: Both of these viral infections are bad news - SARS is worse, since there's no good antiviral treatment or vaccine, whereas at least flu has antiviral ... Read More
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Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
SARS- CoV-2: Both FLU & COVID 19 can cause fever, congestion, cough, fatigue, body aches (& possibly nauseas, vomiting & diarrhea). Testing can help to... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Walsh
Addiction Medicine 19 years experience
Viral type: The SARS illness was caused by a coronavirus and "swine flu" is the influenza subtype H1N1. Both result in a severe pneumonia and can result in multi... Read More
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Dr. Ecaterina Sartina
Pediatrics 37 years experience
Different viruses: SARS is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, or SARS-associated coronavirus. H3N2v is a non-human influenza virus that normally circul... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Ein
Infectious Disease 50 years experience
2 different viruses: SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome was an explosive outbreak of adult respiratory distress syndrome that started in Hong Kong in 2003. Within ... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
COVID 19: SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the COVID 19 disease. The disease is more contagious than many past outbreaks (like SARS-CoV - the 2003 Severe Acu... Read More
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Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
COVID -19: The name of the virus that causes Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This is considered ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Raff
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
Definition: Adult respiratory distress syndrome is a condition which has multiple triggers and a complex pathophysiology. Sars is a viral infection which has the... Read More
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Dr. Luis Fernando Mesta Carrillo
Dr. Luis Fernando Mesta Carrilloanswered
Internal Medicine 9 years experience
Lack of evidence: There is some evidence about worse outcomes in males, among ill people. But this evidence is not enough to establish a radical different treatment in ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Raff
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
Definition: Adult respiratory distress syndrome is a condition which has multiple triggers and a complex pathophysiology. Sars is a viral infection which has the... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Disease vs virus: COVID-19 is the name of the infection (for COronaVirus Infectious Disease 2019). SARS-CoV-2 is the formal name for the virus that causes it. (Simila... Read More
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