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Does pneumonia in children damage their lungs?
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Most often no: Kids' lungs are quite resilient and a quite good at healing very well after infections. Even after severe infections. The vast majority of children recover extremely well after a pneumonia with no future problems.
Answered 7/17/2013
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Not usually: Isolated cases of pneumonia do not typically leave residual lung damage.
Answered 6/18/2016
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