Bacterial+Pneumonia

Created By: Alli Palmbach Casey Cologna Aaron Ferkovich Brett Tilot = = =__History of Bacterial Pneumonia__ =

Aaron Ferkovich
==A Greek Physician named Hippocrates was the first person to discover and describe Bacterial Pneumonia. It was discovered in 460 BC. Bacteria are responsible for Bacterial Pneumonia. Some types of bacterial that cause Bacterial Pneumonia are pneumoncocci, Staphylococcus aureus, Hamophilius influenza, Actinomyces Ireaeil, and Entercoccus. ==

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__**//Early Cures// **__ ==Some early cures were Aspirin, Epinephrine, and sometimes oxygen got injected into the skin or by a mask. Sometimes, they even treated pneumonia with cinnamon in powder or oil to drop temperatures. ==
 * ==Before the 1940’s, one third of pneumonia’s victims were killed. An example would be the 1918 Influenza Outbreak. This outbreak was responsible for a lot of deaths. Because of this outbreak, many American soldiers died in WW1. These soldiers died just because of Pneumonia. Including WW1, WW11, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, 423,000 soldiers died because of Pneumonia and nobody knew a cure. Another example was the 2009 flu pandemic. Many people were effected. Based on research, of the 349 people who were effected by swine flu and had chest x-rays, 29% of them were effected by pneumonia. ==

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=**__How Bacterial Pneumonia is Transmitted and Developed__** =

Casey Cologna
==In most cases of Pneumonia people inhale very small droplets of bacteria. These droplets are released into the air when a person with Pneumonia coughs or sneezes. Another common cause of Bacterial Pneumonia is when Bacteria are present in the nose, mouth, or throat. Most of the time your body can protect itself from Pneumonia, but if your body is already fighting another disease Pneumonia will find its way into your lungs. When the Bacteria find their way into the lungs microbes they go into the lung’s air sacks. When Pneumonia finds its way into your lungs, your air sacks fill with liquid (shown in figure 1). In the air sacks blood exchanges its carbon dioxide for oxygen. When the air sacks are filled with water, the blood cannot exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen.__[|Click here]__ for general information on how pneumonia is transmitted. Below is a **B**acterial Pneumonia cell. ==



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==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Generally, Bacteria Pneumonia symptoms are more severe than Viral Pneumonia. Common Bacteria Pneumonia signs are a sudden attack of chills, high fever, shortness of breath, and chest pain. The patient also may develop a painful cough. The cough is dry at first but then the patient begins to cough up reddish mucus. X-rays and laboratory tests confirm will confirm if you have Bacterial Pneumonia. To determine the type of bacteria involved, the doctor examines the patient's reddish mucus under a microscope. Bacterial Pneumonia can clear up is as little as 2-3 weeks but older adults, young children, and people with other diseases may become very ill. Do NOT try to diagnose Bacterial Pneumonia yourself, as it can often lead to more diseases if left unchecked by a doctor [|Click here] for more information on symptoms of Bacterial Pnumonia ==

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==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you can see in the chart below, Bacterial Pneumonia is found all over the world but the most severe cases are in Africa. Bacterial Pneumonia is one of the leading killers of children, 1.5 million children under the age of five die from it each year. Bacterial Pneumonia kills more children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined! In second and third world countries, only half of the childeren with pneumonia are taken to a doctor! This is bad because if left unchecked by a doctor, pneumonia can lead to more diseases and even kill! If you want to know more about second and third world countries and how to prevent pneumonia from killing so many children, [|click here] ==



Brett Tilot
== Many people with Bacterial Pneumonia need total bed rest in a hospital. Hospitalization might not be needed for small cases. To treat Bacterial Pneumonia, physicians use antibiotics. They choose antibiotic thought to be the most effective in killing the kind of bacteria involved. Some ==

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==bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics, which makes it complicated to treat. For ways it could affect a person with other diseases and more facts Click Here .==

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