Beware of Lung Infection

Beware of Lung Infection

Lung infections also called Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung caused by infection with bacteria, viruses and fungi. In adults the most common cause is due to bacteria, such as the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Legionella, Hemophilus influenzae. The most common cause of lung infection is the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. In the form of this lung infection, usually the onset of chills, fever, sudden and production of rust-colored sputum.

The symptoms are commonly found in patients with Lung infections such as cough with phlegm (sputum mucus-like, greenish or like pus), chest pain (can be sharp or blunt, and intensified when the patient take a deep breath or cough), chills, fever, easy to feel tired, shortness of breath, headache, decreased appetite, nausea and vomiting, feeling unwell, joint stiffness, and muscle stiffness. Other symptoms that may be found such as moist skin, coughing up blood, rapid breathing, anxiety, stress, tension and abdominal pain. They are susceptible (susceptible) lung infections generally are alcohol drinkers, heavy smokers, diabetics, people with heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, disorders of the immune system due to certain drugs (cancer patients, transplant recipients), and system disturbances immunity due to disease (people with AIDS)

Lung infections can also occur after surgery (especially abdominal surgery) or injury (especially chest injury), as a result of shallow breathing, impaired ability to cough and mucus stuck. Which is often the cause is Staphylococcus aureus, pneumococcus, Hemophilus influenzae, or a combination of all three. Lung infection in adults is most often caused by bacteria, which is the most common bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). Pneumonia in children is most often caused by respiratory viruses, and the peak occurs at age 2-3 years. At school age, pneumonia is most often caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

It could also be a vaccination that can help prevent certain types of pneumonia in children and adults who are at high risk. Also given pneumococcal vaccine (to prevent pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae), flu vaccine and Hib vaccine (to prevent pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae type B.

For people who are prone to infection lungs, the breathing exercises and therapy to get rid of phlegm, can help prevent lung infections. Vaccination can help prevent some types of pneumonia in children and adults who are at high risk such as pneumococcal vaccine (to prevent pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae), flu vaccine and Hib vaccine (to prevent pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae type B.