aspiration pneumonia
Swallowed-wrong lung illness
Aspiration pneumonia is lung infection caused by inhaling foreign material—typically food, liquid, saliva, or stomach contents—into the airways.
It occurs most often in people with impaired swallowing or reduced consciousness: stroke patients, those under anesthesia, or people who vomit while intoxicated.
The aspirated material introduces bacteria and triggers inflammation in the lungs.
- dysphagiaMedical swallowing difficulty
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
intubation · vomiting · neurological disorders · altered consciousness · oral hygiene · sepsis · antibiotics · empyema · hypoxia · speech therapy · sedation · bronchoscopy · bronchitis · alveoli · feeding tube · nursing home · anesthesia · oxygen therapy
- Respiratory Problemsasthma, bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, tuberculosis
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- Lung Conditionsasthma, bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, tuberculosis
- lung diseasespneumoconiosis, bronchitis, silicosis, emphysema, black lung
- Respiratory Infectionsbronchitis, influenza, flu, tuberculosis, TB
- Cattle Pneumonialung infection
aspiration pneumoniaLegionnaires' disease
Bacterial pneumonia from contaminated water