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What Is Pneumonia? Pneumonia (say: new-mo-nya) is an infection of one or both lungs. To know what that means, you have to know something about lungs and what they do. When you breathe in, you pull oxygen into your lungs. That oxygen travels through breathing tubes and eventually gets into your blood through the alveoli (say: al-vee-oh-lie). Alveoli are tiny air sacs covered in tiny blood vessels called capillaries. How can something so small get oxygen into your blood? You have about 600 million of them! When oxygen-rich air reaches the alveoli, it can be absorbed into the blood. Then your red blood cells can carry oxygen all over your body. The body needs oxygen to keep working properly and to stay alive. But if a person has pneumonia, his or her lungs can't do this important job very well. Why? Because this kind of infection creates fluid that blocks the alveoli. This makes it hard for oxygen to get deep into the lungs, where it can be passed through to the blood. The person can still breathe, but it might be hard to breathe, especially if the pneumonia affects both lungs. Pneumonia can happen to people at any age, from tiny babies to really old people. Getting wet doesn't cause pneumonia, but an infection from bacteria or a virus does. A cold or flu that gets worse can turn into pneumonia. That's because the cold or flu will irritate the lungs, creating an environment where it's easier for pneumonia germs to move in and start an infection. How Does It Feel? Most kids with pneumonia will feel sick. The symptoms can vary depending on a kid's overall health and whether it's caused by a virus or bacteria. With bacterial pneumonia, a kid might feel sick suddenly and often has a high fever with chills. The viral kind of pneumonia might happen more slowly and take longer to go away. Either way, a kid might feel like he or she has the flu with a headache, fever, muscle aches, and a cough. Pneumonia often causes chest pain, too - and a feeling like you can't quite catch your breath. The kid might be breathing faster than usual and may cough up gloppy mucus. Pneumonia can even make a kid feel sick to his or her stomach and not want to eat at all. It's not much fun, but with the right treatment, most kids with pneumonia recover completely. What Do Doctors Do? To diagnose pneumonia, a doctor will first ask you questions about how you are feeling - including how well you're breathing - and examine you. The doctor will listen to your chest with a stethoscope (say: steh-thuh-skope). We usually think about stethoscopes listening for heartbeats, but they help doctors hear what's going on in your lungs, too. Your lungs don't beat, but the doctor can hear the sounds they're making. If there's fluid in there - a sign of pneumonia - he or she might be able to hear bubbling or crackling sounds called rales (say: rowls). If your doctor thinks you could have pneumonia, he or she may order a chest X-ray. On an X-ray, the doctor might be able to see signs of the pneumonia infection. Any buildup of fluid or infection often shows up as a cloudy, patchy white area in the usual see-through spaces of the lungs. The X-ray can help to tell if the infection is from bacteria. No More Pneumonia If the pneumonia is caused by bacteria, antibiotic medicine will be given. If the doctor thinks you won't be able to keep the medicine down, or if you are having trouble breathing, the treatment might be given in the hospital through an IV. Antibiotics won't work on viruses, so if that's the cause of the pneumonia, only fever reducers and sometimes cough medicine will be given. No matter which germ caused the pneumonia, getting rest and drinking plenty of fluids is always recommended. Pneumonia Prevention There are several ways to keep from getting pneumonia. One is to get all your shots because one of them can prevent a type of pneumonia called pneumococcal (say: new-mo-cock-al) pneumonia. Getting a flu shot can also help guard against getting pneumonia, particularly in kids who have asthma or certain other lung conditions. Getting enough rest is also very important since lack of sleep can make it hard for your immune system to fight infections. What else? Wash your hands, of course. Regularly washing your hands with soap and water can keep you from getting colds, the flu, and picking up other nasty germs that can cause pneumonia. So wash those germs down the drain! Reviewed by: Kate Cronan, MD Date reviewed: October 2005 Originally reviewed by: Raj Padman, MD Thanks & Best Regards, Rahman Gunawan "Afianty, Nurita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/04/2006 08:54:25 AM: > Dear mom's & dad's, > Ada yg punya artikel ttg pneumonia gak ya, please dong > > Thanks in advance ya Ce message ?lectronique et tous les fichiers attach?s sont confidentiels et destin?s exclusivement ? l'usage de la personne ? laquelle ils sont adress?s. Si vous n'?tes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci d'avertir ou de le retourner ? son ?metteur et d?truire ce message ?lectronique et tous les fichiers attach?s de votre syst?me informatique. La publication, l'usage, la distribution, l'impression ou la copie non autoris?e de ce message et des attachements qu'il contient sont strictement interdits. This e-mail and any attachment are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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