12/05/2011

PNEUMONIA


Pneumonia is an acute infection of the lung tissue (alveoli). Often pneumonia in children in conjunction with the acute infection of the bronchi (usually called bronchopneumonia).

Symptoms of the disease is usually preceded by symptoms of increased heat loss, cough, accompanied by rapid breathing and shortness of breath, the lungs become inflamed because of a sudden. Limit fast breathing is a respiratory frequency of 50 times per minute.

Pneumonia in the community is generally caused by bacteria, viruses or mycoplasma (an intermediate form between bacteria and viruses). Common bacteria are Streptococcus pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella sp, Pseudomonas sp, viruses such as influenza virus.

Severe pneumonia characterized by a cough or difficulty breathing, shortness of breath or withdrawal of the chest wall into the bottom of the children aged 2 months to less than 5 years. In children under 2 years, the danger of pneumonia may be accompanied by febrile seizures that are very dangerous if you do not get the help that is good and right.

Inspection of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (ARD) outside pneumonia include: common cold (common cold), pharyngitis, tonsillitis and otitis. Pharyngitis, tonsillitis and otitis, excluding diseases covered in this program.

Pneumonia is the world's health problems due to high mortality, not only in developing countries, but also in developed countries like the U.S., Canada and European countries. In the U.S. for example there are two million to three pneumonia cases also by the number of deaths per year on average 45,000 people.

In Indonesia, pneumonia is the number three cause of death after cardiovascular and tuberculosis. Socioeconomic factors are the low death rate. Symptoms of pneumonia are fever, shortness of breath, rapid breathing and pulse, or greenish sputum, such as rubber, as well as an X-ray picture shows the density in the lung.

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