Today we will talk about a well known disease, pneumonia. While it is more common in the winter and there are practically no cases in summer, this does not mean that we cannot lower our guard and ignore it. Today we will tell you that occurs and what are its main symptoms to be able to identify it.
Pneumonia can be caused by a germ called Streptococcus-Pneumococcus pneumonia, although in the case of infants and young children can also give by the bacteria. The major risk factors for it is: cerebral palsy, COPD, be smoking, neurological disorders (dementia or stroke), problems of the immune system, cardio or liver diseases, surgery or trauma or respiratory viral infections.
Among the most common symptoms are:
-Mild or high fever
-Cough, accompanied in some cases, mucus yellowish, greenish, or accompanied by mucus with blood
-Chills or difficulty breathing, although it may occur only occasionally
Sometimes may also cause other symptoms such as excessive sweating and sticky skin, lack of appetite, fatigue and stabbing chest pain, which is often worsened by breathing deeply or coughing and older persons, are often present confusion.
Pneumonia also makes our breath faster and issuing sibilants sounds and grunting noise when breathing, making breathing painstaking. Many times there are also vomiting and abdominal pain and in cases ends, lips and nails of the hands are coloured blue or deep.
Bear in mind these points will help us to be more vigilant and to identify the disease, in this way we can care better for our health.
We hope this information will be of great help!