Pneumococcal Infections Recognizing, treating, and preventing infections caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. Consumer information about pneumonia, otitis, bloodstream infections, and meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. Information about vaccines and antibiotic treatment. http://www.nfid.org/library/pneumococcal
Extractions: H_URL_BASE="http://help.msn.com/en-us"; H_APP="MSN Health"; H_CONFIG="MSN_Channel_Health.ini"; H_BURL="http://content.health.msn.com/includes/MSNinc/design/framework/fs.htm"; H_TOPIC="CHANNEL_HELP_Health_StartPage.htm"; L_H_APP=H_APP;bSearch=false; MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: Health Email This Page Newsletters Help ... Sign in Search Health Health Home Health Topics Fitness Healthy Living WaterCooler Check out Pneumonia is when the lungs get inflamed, usually due to infection. Breathing in certain chemical fumes can also cause pneumonia. It's a more common problem than most people think. Usually it's a mild disease, but some forms are very dangerous. In all cases you'll need a doctor's advice. Pneumonia can affect just one section of the lung or many sections of the lung. When both lungs are affected, it's called double pneumonia.
Extractions: "It is the worst medical disaster I have ever seen," the Dean of Medicine at the Chinese University in Hong Kong told a prominent Asian newspaper. This irresistible quote was then shot 'round the world by other media, seeking desperately to hype the "mysterious killer pneumonia" or "super-pneumonia." But a bit of knowledge and perspective will kill this panic. Start with those scary tags. "Mysterious" in modern medicine usually means we haven't yet quite identified the cause, although it appears we have now done so here. What's been officially named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) appears to be one or more strains of coronavirus, commonly associated with colds. "Killer pneumonia" is practically a redundancy, since so many types of pneumonia (there are over 50) do kill. The real questions are: How lethal, how transmissible, and how treatable is this strain? And the answers leave no grounds for excitement, much less panic. Super?
Extractions: More SARS cases investigated in U.S. N.M. hospital sends workers home as precaution Questions and answers ... World Health Organization HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library Men's Health Women's Health Care for the whole family SYMPTOMS The World Health Organization alerts travelers to be aware of the symptoms, which include:
Medical Microbiology: Neal Chamberlain's Microbial World A helpful resource on infectious diseases and the pathogens that cause them. There is a lot of course material, as well as table and catalogues describing diseases such as pneumonia, brucellosis and whooping cough. http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/default.stm
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Pneumonia Diseases, Conditions and Injuries. pneumonia. Pronounced NooMO-NEE-yah. by Michelle Badash, MS. Bacterial pneumonia. Antibiotics. Viral pneumonia. http://www.somersetmedicalcenter.com/1660.cfm
Extractions: Community Advisor Search Send to a friend Home Diseases, Conditions and Injuries Pronounced: Noo-MO-NEE-yah by Michelle Badash, MS Definition Causes Risk Factors ... Organizations Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Effects of Pneumonia on the Lungs www.nucleusinc.com Pneumonia affects the lower respiratory tract (small bronchi and air sacs in the lungs). There are three main causes: Bacterial Pneumonia caused by bacteria, most commonly Streptococcus pneumoniae. Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial pneumonia common throughout the world. Viral Pneumonia caused by a virus. Viruses cause half of all pneumonias. Mycoplasma (Walking) Pneumonia caused by mycoplasmas, tiny disease agents that have traits of both bacteria and viruses. This type of pneumonia is often milder. Other causes of pneumonia include: A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition.
Pneumonia pneumonia. Anything that causes a consolidation, or filling up, of the air sacs and tubes of the lung is called a pneumonia. pneumonia http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/P/pneumonia.html
Extractions: Help for sleepless parents Encyclopedia Index P pneumonia Search pneumonia Anything that causes a consolidation, or filling up, of the air sacs and tubes of the lung is called a pneumonia. Pneumonia is distinct from and should not be confused with bronchitis. Usually, and as is commonly understood, a pneumonia is caused by an infection, most often bacterial , but sometimes viral in origin. Bacterial pneumonia is most commonly caused by a germ called Streptococcus pneumoniae , and generally involves high fever, cough, and some degree of "toxicity," that is feeling pretty bad. Pneumonia is also caused by mycoplasma , commonly called "walking pneumonia," because the patient isn't all that sick and is literally walking around. Chlamydia can cause pneumonia, especially in very young infants as a consequence of an infection picked up travelling down the birth canal. These babies usually have an eye infection ( conjunctivitis ) to go along with a severe, hacking cough. However, our definition does not exclude pneumonia from other causes, and chief among these is consolidation of a section of the lungs by foreign material, usually vomited food - or aspiration pneumonia. Severely handicapped children who are lying horizontally all the time are at risk for this complication. Hydrocarbon solvents down in the lungs can cause incredibly bad chemical pneumonias. A certain furniture polish is an example of a substance pediatricians advise strongly against having in the home at all for just that reason. It has been lethal on quite a few occasions. Ask your doctor about that and remember that
World Put On Alert For Severe Pneumonia Announcement of the global alert issued by the World Health Organization. New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993496
Dust Pneumonia Blues (Woody Guthrie) (1938) DUST pneumonia BLUES (Woody Guthrie) (1938). Copyrighted material on these pages only for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis. http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3448/dustpneu.html
Extractions: He [Woody Guthrie] wrote a bitter parody of Jimmie Rodgers, who'd sent so many people yodeling out to California on the promise that the water there would taste like wine. Woody called the song the "Dust Pneumonia Blues," and announced right off that "there ought to be some yodeling in this song," but he couldn't do it because of the dust rattling in his lungs.
Extractions: SARS: Mystery illness on the move ... World Health Organization WASHINGTON (Reuters) Worried about catching the stubborn and frightening virus suspected of killing more than 50 people and infecting hundreds worldwide? Wash your hands, health officials advise. Ordinary infection-control measures that can protect people from viruses ranging from the common cold to influenza should work to kill the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise. At least 55 people have died and about 1,500 others have contracted the mystery virus since late last year, according to the World Health Organization. Most of the cases have been in southern China and Southeast Asia. Worried citizens of Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have taken to wearing surgical masks in public and many avoid cinemas and shopping malls.
Stan Goff: Gulf War II Syndrome? Stan Goff Military Equipment and pneumonia. August 5, 2003. August 5, 2003. Gulf War II Syndrome? Military Equipment and pneumonia . By STAN GOFF. http://www.counterpunch.org/goff08062003.html
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Bmj.com Rosling And Rosling 326 (7386): 416 In the absence of official information, rumors magnified the epidemic out of proportion. bmj.com, formerly British Medical Journal http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7386/416
Extractions: International health BMJ 2003;326:416 ( 22 February ) Lesley Rosling Mark Rosling , Guangzhou The past fortnight has seen the province of Guangdong in southern China become victim to a serious pneumonia epidemic that seized its people with fear and caused major temporary economic damage but that eventually turned out to have relatively slight medical impact. By last week, there had been eight deaths. However, considerable anxiety was created by an "epidemic of rumours." During the first week of February the public became aware of a mysterious respiratory illness, which apparently had a very high mortality and caused death within hours. Symptoms included cough, fever, and breathing
Inflammation At medium power magnification, numerous neutrophils fill the alveoli in this case of acute bronchopneumonia in a patient with a high fever. http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/INFLHTML/INFL022.html
Pulmonary Pathology The alveolar structure is still maintained, which is why a pneumonia often resolves with minimal residual destruction or damage to the lung. http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG015.html
HealingWell.com Library - News And Articles HealthPortal Diseases and Conditions Respiratory pneumonia. Crack Found in Armor Against pneumonia Resistance to powerful drugs rises, CDC says. http://healingwellpulmon.subportal.com/health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Respirator
Health Screening Registry: Health Screening & Cancer Prevention Disease prevention site aimed at preventing advanced malignancies(breast cancer, colorectal cancer and cervical cancer), complications of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia (heart disease, kidney disease and stroke) and immunizable infectious disease (pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza and tetanus). http://www.healthscreeningregistry.com
Extractions: Lay Information Services Register Tools ... The Author T he Health Screening Registry is a comprehensive health screening and cancer prevention program focused on preventing advanced breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer and cervical cancer by advocating early detection using evidence-based cancer screening guidelines. The Health Screening Registry also aims to avoid the complications of high blood pressure (hypertension), high blood cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) and obesity by applying disease prevention and health screening principles to persons at risk for these conditions. To complete its disease prevention program, the Health Screening Registry provides for adult immunization for infectious diseases like pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza, and tetanus, in accordance with the WHO immunization and vaccination guidelines. Please click here to learn more about screening and the Health Screening Registry. To provide the lay person the medical information needed to prevent and detect deadly malignancies and cardiovascular diseases at an early stage;
Mystery Pneumonia Toll May Be Much Higher Published on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 by UPI. Mystery pneumonia Toll May Be Much Higher. They basically labeled it as a type of pneumonia. . http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0917-03.htm
Pneumonia Information via question and answer format about pneumonia and bronchitis, including risk factors, symptoms and treatment. http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/caz/resp/pneu/pneuindex.html
