101. Medicare.gov - Fight Flu And Pneumonia Provides information on what the flu is, who, when, where, and why to get a flushot, as well as what to do if you have the flu. http://www.medicare.gov/Health/FluDetails.asp

Search Frequently Asked Questions d Home Screen Reader Version ... Español The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare Help Frequently Asked Questions Mailing List Search Tools ... Search Tools Health Information Fight Flu and Pneumonia What What is the Flu? How Serious is it? Influenza, also called the "flu," is a highly contagious respiratory infection. Symptoms. Flu can cause fever, chills, headache, dry cough, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, and muscle aches. Unlike other common respiratory infections such as the common cold, influenza can cause extreme fatigue lasting several days to more than a week. Although nausea, vomiting and diarrhea can sometimes accompany influenza infection, especially in children, gastrointestinal symptoms are rarely prominent. The illness that people often call "stomach flu" is not influenza. Spread from person to person. Influenza is spread easily from person to person primarily when an infected person coughs or sneezes. After a person has been infected with the virus, symptoms usually appear within 2 to 4 days. The infection is considered often contagious for another 3 to 4 days after symptoms appear. Because of this, people used to think the flu was caused by the "influence of the stars and planets." In the 1500s, the Italians called the disease "influenza," their word for influence. Each year, an estimated 10 to 20 percent of the population contracts influenza. Bottom of page Top of page Who Who should get a flu shot?

102. CNN.com - No Answers Yet On Mystery Pneumonia - Mar. 16, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/16/mystery.disease/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com No answers yet on mystery pneumonia A woman puts a mask on a boy in the emergency ward of a hospital in Hong Kong, where a new, deadly strain of pneumonia has been diagnosed. Story Tools HEALTH WARNING The World Health Organization alerts travelers to be aware of the symptoms, which include: People presenting after February 1 with a history of fever greater than 38 C (100.4 F) and one or more respiratory symptoms including cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and one or more of the following: Close contact with a person who has been diagnosed with SARS. Close contact means having cared for, having lived with, or having had direct contact with respiratory secretions and body fluids of a person with SARS. Recent history of travel to areas reporting cases of SARS. Probable cases are defined as: A person with chest x-ray findings of pneumonia or Respiratory Distress Syndrome or A person with an unexplained respiratory illness resulting in death, with an autopsy examination demonstrating the pathology of Respiratory Distress Syndrome without an identifiable cause.

103. Hardin MD : Pneumonia From the University of Iowa, the *best* lists of Internet sources in pneumonia. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/pneumonia.html

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104. CNN.com - Army Reports Two New Severe Pneumonia Cases - Aug. 19, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/08/18/iraq.pneumonia/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Army reports two new severe pneumonia cases Spokeswoman: Number of afflicted not historically significant Story Tools RELATED Dr. Gupta: Number of cases not unusual HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library Pneumonia Understanding infections QUICKVOTE Is the mystery illness striking soldiers in the Persian Gulf related to Gulf War illness? Yes No VIEW RESULTS WASHINGTON (CNN) The Army surgeon general said Monday that the number of cases of serious pneumonia reported since March 1 among U.S. service members has risen to 18, up from 16 since the last report 10 days ago. Two of the patients have died. Their deaths are being investigated, said Lyn Kukral, a public affairs officer with the office of the army surgeon general. No infectious agent common to the 18 cases has been found, she said, and there is no evidence that exposure to chemical or biological weapons, or severe acute respiratory syndrome or environmental toxins, caused any of the cases. All 18 patients 17 men and a woman were placed on ventilators. The cases were geographically dispersed, and the afflicted serve in different units.

105. What Is Bacterial Pneumonia? Bacterial pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that involves the small air sacsor alveoli and the tissues around them. Learn about it! http://utut.essortment.com/pneumoniawhatb_rqty.htm

What is bacterial pneumonia? Bacterial pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that involves the small air sacs or alveoli and the tissues around them. Learn about it! An infection of the lungs that involves the small air sacs or alveoli and the tissues around them is known as pneumonia. Over two million people are known to develop this infection each year with between 40,000 to 70,000 pneumonia related deaths per year. Recent studies have shown there are an increasing number of bacteria developing which cause pneumonia that are antibiotic resistant making this the sixth most common cause of death over all. The term pneumonia covers a variety of illness with each being caused by a different microscopic organism. In most cases the organisms are inhaled through the lungs but they can also be carried to the lungs in the blood stream or migrate from other infections close to the lungs. Certain factors make some people more susceptible to pneumonia such as smoking, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure and alcoholism. Also at risk are infants, the elderly and people with drug suppressed immune systems such as cancer patients or organ transplant patients, those who are bedridden, paralyzed or unconscious and anyone who has an impaired immune system such as those with AIDS. The symptoms of pneumonia in most cases include a shortness of breath, fever, chills, a cough that will produce a yellow green phlegm and sometimes blood and a chest pain that is usually more painful when inhaling. The chest pain in many cases is caused by what is known as pleurisy which is an inflammation of the membrane that lines the lungs and chest cavity. There can also be complications of fluid around the lungs which is known as pleural effusion, empyema which is pus in the pleural cavity and occasionally an abscess in the lungs.

106. Smokers At Higher Risk For Infections People who smoke cigarettes or breathe secondhand smoke are at a higher risk of pneumonia or meningitis. http://www.nurseweek.com/news/00-03/031300a.html

Home Articles Jobs Education ... Links Related links American Heart and Lung Association American Cancer Society Smokers at higher risk for infections Posted 3-13-2000 By Mary Ann Hellinghausen Atlanta . People who smoke cigarettes or breathe secondhand smoke are at a higher risk for contracting pneumonia, a bloodstream infection, or meningitis, according to a study by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, published in the March 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine , found that the risk of infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae , the virus that causes pneumonia, was four times higher for cigarette smokers and two-and-a-half times higher for those exposed to secondhand smoke. "This study documents yet another example of an adverse health event linked to active and passive smoking,’’ said Michael Eriksen, MD, director of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health. "Reducing the incidence of pneumococcal disease is yet another reason to continue to support public health programs to reduce smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke." Researchers worked with microbiology labs in Atlanta, Baltimore, and Toronto to identify all cases of invasive pneumococcal infection in adults ages 18 to 64 and selected a sample of patients for further study. Through telephone interviews with those patients and randomly selected healthy residents of the same age, the researchers discovered cigarette smoking was the strongest risk factor for pneumococcal infection in adults with normal immune systems.

107. CNN - Gorilla 'Willie B' Treated For Pneumonia - January 20, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/01/20/willieb/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. LOCAL ... daily almanac MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. Enter your address: document.write(' '); Or: Get a free e-mail account E-MAIL DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: AsiaNow Svenska Norge Danmark ... Italian FASTER ACCESS: europe japan TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: more networks transcripts SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: Gorilla 'Willie B' treated for pneumonia Willie B January 20, 2000 Web posted at: 5:09 p.m. EST (2209 GMT) ATLANTA (CNN) Willie B., one of the best-known animals at Zoo Atlanta and one of the most famous gorillas in captivity, is being treated for pneumonia. Zoo officials said they are optimistic he will recover. Willie developed an upper respiratory infection during the Christmas holidays, which progressed to the most serious health problem Willie B. has experienced in captivity, said marketing director Gail Eaton. The 41-year-old silverback gorilla drew national attention in 1994 when he became a father after spending years in isolation.

108. ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA A common cause of aspiration pneumonia is inhaling (aspirating) acid or vomitfrom the stomach. What are the signs and symptoms of aspiration pneumonia? http://www.healthtouch.com/bin/EContent_HT/cnoteShowLfts.asp?fname=07190&title=A

109. Viral Pneumonia a CHORUS notecard document about viral pneumonia. mycoplasma pneumonia pneumonia with chestwall involvement esophageal varices airless lung http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00416.html

CHORUS Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology Respiratory system About CHORUS Search Feedback viral pneumonia Common agents: RSV parainfluenza adenovirus influenza Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995 Last updated 26 May 2004 Related CHORUS documents: mycoplasma pneumonia pneumonia with chest-wall involvement esophageal varices airless lung ... pulmonary embolism Search for related articles: AJR American Journal of Roentgenology PubMed : index to biomedical literature ... Medical College of Wisconsin

110. New Suspect In Super-pneumonia Outbreak Several labs have found a coronavirus in SARS patients. One possibility is that the disease might be caused by both that and the previously isolated paramyxovirus acting in tandem. New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993542

111. Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia a CHORUS notecard document about chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00081.html

CHORUS Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology Respiratory system About CHORUS Search Feedback chronic eosinophilic pneumonia idiopathic variant of Loeffler pneumonia tx: corticosteroids Findings: "reverse pulmonary edema pattern" (= Loeffler's) areas of consolidation PERSIST (days to weeks) see: eosinophilic lung disease Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995 Last updated 26 May 2004 Related CHORUS documents: eosinophilic lung disease Loeffler pneumonia drug-induced eosinophilic lung disease allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ... reverse pulmonary edema pattern Search for related articles: AJR American Journal of Roentgenology PubMed : index to biomedical literature ... Medical College of Wisconsin

112. The Merck Manual Pneumonia Of Legionnaires' Disease Includes signs and symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section6/chapter73/73g.jsp

113. Pneumococcal Pneumonia, NIAID Fact Sheet pneumonia is a lung disease that can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, Pneumococcal pneumonia is an infection in the lungs caused by bacteria http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/pneumonia.htm

December 2004 Pneumococcal Pneumonia OVERVIEW Pneumonia is a lung disease that can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and sometimes fungi. Pneumococcal pneumonia is an infection in the lungs caused by bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae S. pneumoniae , also called pneumococcus, can infect the upper respiratory tracts of adults and children and can spread to the blood, lungs, middle ear, or nervous system. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates S. pneumoniae causes 40,000 deaths and 500,000 cases of pneumonia annually in the United States. Annually, there are twice as many cases of pneumococcal pneumonia in African Americans than in whites. The disease is responsible for 3,000 cases of meningitis (inflammation of lining of the spinal cord), 50,000 cases of bacteremia (bacteria in the blood), and 7 million cases of otitis media (inner ear infection) in the United States. Pneumococcal pneumonia mainly causes illness in children younger than 2 years old and adults 65 years of age or older. The elderly are especially at risk of getting seriously ill and dying from this disease. In addition, people with certain medical conditions such as chronic heart, lung, or liver diseases or sickle cell anemia are also at increased risk for getting pneumococcal pneumonia. People with HIV infection, AIDS, or people who have had organ transplants and are taking medicines that lower their resistance to infection are also at high risk of getting this disease.

114. CNN.com - Pneumonia: Children To Miss School - Mar. 24, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/22/mystery.flu.test/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Pneumonia: Children to miss school Hong Kong residents wear face masks outside a hospital. Story Tools SPECIAL REPORT SARS: Mystery illness on the move RELATED Suspected cases of SARS Questions and answers Centers for Disease Control World Health Organization HONG KONG (CNN) School officials in Hong Kong are telling some students to stay at home for a week because they have been exposed to a form of pneumonia that appears resistant to common treatments. Sunday's order affects only 180 of the 1.2 million students in the area, but officials say the number will grow if cases of the disease continue to mount. So far, five Hong Kong students, a teacher and a school assistant have contracted the illness, a school system statement said. First recognized in Asia in the middle of last month, the pneumonia strain, called severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), has hit nearly 400 people in three continents and by Saturday had claimed 11 lives. Hong Kong, where authorities have reported 222 cases, remains the most seriously affected area in the world.

115. AllRefer Health - Atypical Pneumonia (Walking Pneumonia) Atypical pneumonia (Walking pneumonia) information center covers causes, prevention,symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, incidence, risk factors, signs, tests, http://health.allrefer.com/health/atypical-pneumonia-info.html

AllRefer Channels :: Yellow Pages Reference Health Home ... Contact Us Quick Jump ADD/ADHD Allergies Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Back Pain Breast Cancer Cancer Colon Cancer Depression Diabetes Gallbladder Disease Heart Attack Hepatitis High Cholesterol HIV/AIDS Hypertension Lung Cancer Menopause Migraines/Headaches Osteoporosis Pneumonia Prostate Cancer SARS Stroke Urinary Tract Infection 1600+ More Conditions Alternative Medicine Health News Symptoms Guide Special Topics ... Medical Encyclopedia Web health.allrefer.com You are here : AllRefer.com Health Atypical Pneumonia Atypical Pneumonia Definition Prevention Treatment Expectations or Prognosis ... Go To Main Page Alternate Names : Walking Pneumonia Definition Atypical pneumonia refers to pneumonia caused by certain bacteria namely, Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae . While atypical pneumonias have been commonly associated as a whole with milder forms of pneumonia, pneumonia due to Legionella , in particular, can be quite severe and lead to high mortality rates. Lungs Respiratory System Atypical pneumonia due to Mycoplasma and Chlamydia usually cause milder forms of pneumonia and are characterized by a more protracted course of symptoms unlike other forms of pneumonia which can come on more quickly with more severe early symptoms.

116. Smoking And Respiratory Disease: Fact Sheet No. 5 - ASH ASHUK Factsheet on smoking and lung cancer, COPD, pneumonia. http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact05.html

factsheet no:5 Smoking and respiratory disease Action on Smoking and Health – September 2004 Introduction It is estimated that smoking causes some 114,000 premature deaths every year Lung cancer Lung cancer kills more people than any other type of cancer and around 90% of these deaths are caused by smoking.  Around 33,600 people die each year in the UK from lung cancer, accounting for 6% of all deaths and 22% of all cancer deaths in the UK   The risk of lung cancer increases directly with the number of cigarettes smoked.  In a study of male British doctors, Number of cigarettes smoked per day Annual death rate per 100,000 men 78 (8 times that of non-smokers) 127 (13 times that of non-smokers) 25 or more 251 (25 times that of non-smokers) Increased risk of developing lung cancer Age at time of starting to smoke is important.  The younger a person is when he or she starts smoking, the greater the risk of developing lung cancer.  A US study found that smoking during the teenage years causes permanent genetic changes in the lungs and forever increases the risk of lung cancer, even if the smoker subsequently stops. In smokers, the most important parameter of smoking that affects lung cancer risk is the duration of smoking, although, as noted above, risk also increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day.

117. AllRefer Health - Pneumonia (Bronchopneumonia, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Pne pneumonia (Bronchopneumonia, CommunityAcquired pneumonia, Pneumonitis) informationcenter covers causes, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, http://health.allrefer.com/health/pneumonia-info.html

AllRefer Channels :: Yellow Pages Reference Health Home ... Contact Us Quick Jump ADD/ADHD Allergies Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Back Pain Breast Cancer Cancer Colon Cancer Depression Diabetes Gallbladder Disease Heart Attack Hepatitis High Cholesterol HIV/AIDS Hypertension Lung Cancer Menopause Migraines/Headaches Osteoporosis Pneumonia Prostate Cancer SARS Stroke Urinary Tract Infection 1600+ More Conditions Alternative Medicine Health News Symptoms Guide Special Topics ... Medical Encyclopedia Web health.allrefer.com You are here : AllRefer.com Health Pneumonia Pneumonia Definition Prevention Treatment Expectations or Prognosis ... Go To Main Page Alternate Names : Bronchopneumonia, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Pneumonitis Definition Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection. Many different organisms can cause it, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Pneumonia is a common illness that affects millions of people each year in the United States. Pneumonia can range from very mild to very severe, even fatal. The severity depends on the type of organism causing pneumonia as well as your age and underlying health. Pneumococci Organism Lungs White Nail Syndrome Pneumococcal Pneumonia Respiratory System Bacterial pneumonias tend to be the most serious and, in adults, the most common cause, especially

118. CNN.com - Elizabeth Taylor Leaves Los Angeles Hospital - August 9, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/09/people.taylor.reut/index.html

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119. Bronchiolar Airway Disorders And Bronchiolitis Obliterans Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) was described in 19851 as Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia a report of 11 cases and a http://www.epler.com/boop1.html

Return to Epler.com Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Gary R. Epler, M.D. Harvard Medical School Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Volume 161 (2). Pages 158-164. January 22, 2001 Used with permission for this program at www.epler.com Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) was described in 1985 as a distinct entity, with different clinical, radiographic, and prognostic features than the airway disorder obliterative bronchiolitis and the interstitial fibrotic lung disorder usual interstitial pneumonia/idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (UIP/IPF). BOOP is characterized by polyploid endobronchial connective tissue masses composed of myxoid fibroblastic tissue resembling granulation tissue filling the lumens of terminal and respiratory bronchioles and extending in a continuous fashion into alveolar ducts and alveoli, representing an organizing pneumonia ( Figure 1 Other histological features include central clusters of mononuclear inflammatory cells possibly found in the intraluminal polyps (the polyps appear to float freely within a bronchiole or are focally attached to the wall), chronic inflammation in the walls of the surrounding alveoli with reactive type II cells, increased foamy macrophages in the alveoli, and preserved lung architecture.

120. EMedicine - Pneumonia, Bacterial : Article By Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, Article covering clinical information, diagnosis, and treatment. Includes prescribing information, pictures and Xrays. http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1852.htm

(advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery Pulmonology Pneumonia, Bacterial Last Updated: February 15, 2005 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: pneumonia pneumococcus Streptococcus pneumoniae S pneumoniae ... atypical pneumonia , lobular pneumonia, lobar pneumonia bronchial pneumonia , pores of Kohn, peripneumonia, inflammation of lung tissue , consolidation of lung tissue, influenza bacterial pneumonia bronchiectasis respiratory failure ... septic shock , bloody sputum, rust-colored sputum, green sputum foul-smelling sputum , bad-tasting sputum, currant-jelly sputum tachypnea central cyanosis , rales, crackles, egophony upon auscultation, whispering pectoriloquy, pleural friction rub , endotracheal intubation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD smoking asthma ... gag reflex AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 11 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, DABSM

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