Lung inflammation caused by
bacterial or
viral infection, in which the air
sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs, one lung, or only certain
lobes.
Pneumonia is a curable bacterial disease in which changes your air sacs to normal air sacs into fluid-filled air sacs in which you won't be able to breath as good as you can without Pneumonia.
Signs and symptoms of
pneumonia may include:
Chest pain when you breathe or cough.
Confusion or changes in mental awareness (in adults age 65 and older)
Cough, which may produce phlegm.
Fatigue.
Fever, sweating and shaking chills.
Ways you can get pneumonia include:
Bacteria and viruses living in your nose, sinuses, or mouth may spread to your lungs.
You may breathe some of these germs directly into your lungs.
You breathe in (inhale) food, liquids, vomit, or fluids from the mouth into your lungs
"
Pneumonia", the doctor said,
confirming Alex's fears. I've seen you knocked to your knees with
pneumonia, grief and a sick husband, but you always
come right back up fighting. He says he thinks he has a cold, but the doctor told me he could get pneumonia real easy.
