A 43-year-old member asked:
is it bad to not dry yourself after sweating? does it cause pneumonia?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Lokesh Guglanianswered
Pediatric Pulmonology 21 years experience
Cooling mechanism: Sweating is a means for the body to cool itself down during/after exercising/intense physical activity by allowing evaporation which lowers the skin temperature & helps the body regulate its temperature. It is okay to dry yourself if you are dripping with sweat, but not doing so does not harm you in any way. There is still enough moisture on your skin for cooling to continue via evaporation.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Why do I get bronchitis or pneumonia so often?
2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Trigger factors: Trigger factors come in types:
if you have an immune problem (iga), asthma, allergies or similar lung predisposition you will.
If you smoke/work around fumes/etc. You might.
If you hang around sick people you might.
If your diet & rest patterns are unhealthy you might.
If you work on what you can avoid/get vaccinated & follow a healthy lifestyle you give yourself the best chance of avoiding it.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
How is hypertension linked to pneumonia?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Robert Wrightanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 44 years experience
It is not: Hypertension is not linked to pneumonia. Pneumonia does not cause hypertenison. If anything, patients seriously ill with pneumonia can actually have a low blood pressure and this can be a sign of the severity of pneumonia.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Can viral pneumonia kill you?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Jay Parkanswered
Pediatrics 50 years experience
Yes: Good examples are severe RSV (respiratory syncyctial virus) and varicella (causative organism for chicken pox) pneumonia that lead to respiratory failure and fatality.
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Can you get vaccinated for viral pneumonia?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Robert Kwokanswered
Pediatrics 33 years experience
No: There is not a vaccine to prevent viral pneumonias. Many different viruses can cause lung infections called pneumonitis, which is usually not as severe as bacterial pneumonia. Viral pneumonitis usually clears up on its own, because a person's own immune system stops the virus infection.
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Dr. Paul Christakis commented
Pediatrics 36 years experience
Synagis, not a true vaccine but passive antibody injections, is sometimes given to at risk newborns.
Oct 11, 2011
A 40-year-old member asked:
How does one treat fungal pneumonia blastomycosis?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
A Verified Doctoranswered
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Anti fungal agents: Treatment depends on whether the disease is confined to the lungs and whether it is severe or mild. Severe disease and extra-pulmonary disease needs to be treated with amphotericin b, an IV antifungal agent. Milder disease is usually treated with an oral drug called itraconazole which is safe and well tolerated.
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