There are many different causes of deaths out there. One of the major causes of death is diseases. There many different kinds of them out there. The number seven leading cause of death from a disease is pneumonia. In 2002, 64,954 people died of pneumonia (Pneumonia Facts Sheet). This is an infection of the lung that is either from bacteria, funguses, viral, or parasites. This is a very deadly infection if it goes untreated will kill you. Many people in the world die from this every year without even knowing that they even have it. At one point of my life I went into the hospital with severe chest pains. When I got there I found out that I had pneumonia in a quarter of one of my lungs and a little bit in my other lung. I will tell you it defiantly scared me to know end. So with this paper I am going to explain this disease and all of it consequences.
Pneumonia is a medical condition that describes a result of a variety of diseases in which the small, air-filled sacs in the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere are flooded with fluid. There are many different kinds of pneumonia, but the most common type results from infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. Other types can occur as a result of chemical or physical irritation of the lungs. Pneumonia is a common illness and occurs in all age groups. Pneumonia is a leading cause of death among the elderly and people who are chronically ill. Often, pneumonia is the result of another medical illness, such as lung cancer or alcohol abuse (Pneumonia). This is why it is so dangerous. Elderly people don't know if they have it till they are made to go to the hospital. Most often the elderly just think it is a measly cough that will turn into pneumonia. There are many different things that cause pneumonia and certain ways that you can get it. There are over a million different microorganisms that are responsible to cause pneumonia, but only a few of them are...