pneumonias
Serious respiratory illnesses
Pneumonias is the plural of pneumonia, an infection that inflames the air sacs in the lungs.
The plural typically appears in medical contexts distinguishing types or instances: bacterial and viral pneumonias, community-acquired pneumonias.
In everyday speech, pneumonia usually remains uncounted—you have pneumonia, not a pneumonia.
Disease in breathing organs
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- feverElevated body temperature
- coughExplosive airway clearing
dyspnea · infiltrates · crackles · sputum · hypoxia · chest pain · respiratory failure · sepsis
Bacteria-destroying medicines
- antiviralsMedicines that inhibit viruses
- oxygen therapyAdministered breathing gas treatment
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
steroids · azithromycin · amoxicillin · nebulizer · recovery · ICU · intubation · supportive care
Of or from germs
- viralSpreading quickly online
- fungalOf or like mushrooms
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
- influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection
RSV · Pseudomonas · tuberculosis · pathogen · organism · infection · contagion · outbreak
Advanced in age
- immunocompromisedReduced ability to fight infection
- infantsVery young children
- HIV patientsThose carrying the retrovirus
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
COPD · diabetics · smokers · hospitalized · nursing home · comorbidities · frailty · malnutrition
Administered immunity booster
- flu shotYearly illness prevention injection
- hand hygieneCleaning one's palms
- infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
masks · sanitation · immunization · prophylaxis · screening · public health · awareness · smoking cessation
lung infection
Disease in breathing organs
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- feverElevated body temperature
cough · dyspnea · infiltrates · crackles · sputum · hypoxia · chest pain · respiratory failure · sepsis · tachypnea
antibiotics
Bacteria-destroying medicines
- antiviralsMedicines that inhibit viruses
- oxygen therapyAdministered breathing gas treatment
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
ventilator · steroids · azithromycin · amoxicillin · nebulizer · recovery · ICU · intubation · supportive care · discharge
bacterial
Of or from germs
influenza · RSV · Pseudomonas · tuberculosis · pathogen · organism · infection · contagion · outbreak · transmission
elderly
Advanced in age
- immunocompromisedReduced ability to fight infection
- infantsVery young children
- HIV patientsThose carrying the retrovirus
chemotherapy · COPD · diabetics · smokers · hospitalized · nursing home · comorbidities · frailty · malnutrition · bedridden
vaccination
Administered immunity booster
- flu shotYearly illness prevention injection
- hand hygieneCleaning one's palms
- infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
isolation · masks · sanitation · immunization · prophylaxis · screening · public health · awareness · smoking cessation · nutrition
pneumoniaslung health
Condition of breathing organs
respiratory health · wellness · health · recovery · remission
- walking pneumoniaMild chest infection, still functional
- double pneumoniaLung infection on both sides
- atypical pneumoniaLung infection, nonstandard cause
- viral pneumoniaInfectious lung inflammation
- aspiration pneumoniaLung infection from aspirated material
- COVID pneumoniaLung infection from SARS-CoV-2