pneumonia

     

Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the lung. Frequently, it is escribed as lung parenchyma/alveolar inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid. (The alveoli are microscopic air-filled sacs in the lungs responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere.) Pneumonia can result from a variety of causes, including infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites, and chemical or physical injury to the lungs. Its cause may also be officially described as idiopathic—that is, unknown—when infectious causes have been excluded.

Trivia about pneumonia

  • Before antibiotics, the lung diseases collectively known as this killed about 1/3 of their victims
  • Rather than a single disease, it's a general term for lung diseases involving inflammation
  • The walking type of this disease is caused by mycoplasma bacteria
  • Legionnaire's Disease, a severe form of this disease, can be passed through water-cooled air conditioning
  • Lobar this is an acute disease of the lungs
  • An acute disease of the lungs marked by difficult breathing & fever, lobar this, did the guy in