COVID 19 Causing Pneumonia | Pneumonia explained
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- Опубликовано: 14 мар 2021
- The COVID 19 virus can cause pneumonia. But what else do you know about pneumonia? watch this video for Pneumonia Explained.
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Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, resulting in the air sacs become inflamed and fill up with phlegm and pus, and sometimes even fluid.
The quickest and fastest way to diagnose pneumonia is through a chest X-ray - where white hazy patches may show up in the lung fields.
A variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungus, can cause pneumonia. COVID-19 is one of the organisms.
Symptoms of pneumonia may vary from individual to individual.
They include cough, phlegm production, shortness of breath, fever with chills, chest pain, in severe cases or in elderly patients, even confusion and drowsiness. Please see your doctor if you are suffering from the above symptoms as pneumonia can be potentially fatal.
Pneumonia is a very serious condition.
In Singapore, Pneumonia is the second most common cause of death after cancer. World health organization (WHO) estimates that between 250,000 to 5 million people die of pneumonia from influenza annually.
In fact, pneumonia accounts for about 15% of all deaths of children under 5 years old!
Some of the common causes of pneumonia include
1) virus infection: such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ), the current feared COVID-19 virus, rhinovirus
2) bacterial infection such as streptococcus pneumonia, chlamydia, and mycoplasma pneumonia, legionella, tuberculosis
3) & less commonly, fungal infection
Risk factors of getting pneumonia includes
- elderlies older than 65
- children 5 years or younger
- smokers
- patients with chronic lung conditions like asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, or heart diseases
- patients who are hospitalized
- patients who have weakened immune systems like HIV patients, or patients who are on chemotherapy or post organ transplant.
So then, how can we prevent ourselves and others from getting pneumonia?
1) make sure you get vaccinated against the pathogens that can cause pneumonia. I will discuss more vaccinations later on
2) practice good hygiene by regularly washing your hands and sanitizing your hands and to wear masks and rest at home if you are having cough and flu symptoms
3) stop smoking
4) keeping your immune system strong: by getting enough sleep, exercising regularly, and eating a healthy diet.
Can vaccines help prevent pneumonia?
Definitely!
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic - The covid-19 vaccine significantly lowers our chance of catching the virus.
So please get it done if you do not have contraindications to it - please watch my video on the Covid 19 vaccine and the side effects of the covid 19 vaccines to learn more about the contra-indications.
And in doing so, vaccines can prevent pneumonia caused by COVID-19.
Some of the other vaccines that may help prevent pneumonia includes
1) influenza vaccine: which is typically done yearly - click on the link above to find out more about influenza.
2) Hemophilus influenza vaccine
3) pertussis vaccine
4) pneumococcal vaccines
For children born and living in Singapore,
They routinely receive the 5-in-1 vaccines before they are 1 year of age - this vaccine will protect the children against Hemophilus influenza and pertussis.
We would also strongly encourage children less than 5 and seniors older than 65 to get their flu vaccine and the pneumococcal vaccines.
Please consult your family physician to find out more about it!
In fact, these vaccines are heavily subsidized and in the appropriate age groups may even be free!
The treatment of pneumonia, in general, depends on the severity of the infection.
For patients who are very sick, they have to be admitted to the hospital and receive Intravenous antibiotics and supportive treatment like supplementary oxygen and close monitoring.
For others, we may treat them outpatient with oral antibiotics and see them regularly to assess their improvement and eventual recovery.
In essence, do recognize that pneumonia is very common, especially in the very young and elderly.
It can be treated and recovery is often complete.
See your doctor early if you have symptoms of pneumonia, especially in light of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
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Till the next time, stay safe and healthy.
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I experienced Covid, had double pneumonia and sepsis. I am a type 2 diabetic with kidney disease and grateful and fortunate to have survived this.
Great to hear that. Do take care.
Strong 💪💪💪
Very happy for you
God blessed you 🙏🏽 were you on a bipap machine ?
my husband currently has double pneumonia with sepsis he is on ventilator and ecmo was that your case as well ?
how long did it take to recover
I am a severe Covid Pneumonia survivor. I almost died. Thank you God for giving me back to my family❤️ and Kudos to the Doctors and nurses who risked and sacrifice their safety in doing their job in Covid wards. God bless you all 🙏❤️
I am glad you have recovered.
Take care
my husband has double pneumonia from covid. he is currently on a ventilator and ecmo ? were you on those? how long did it take you to recover? my husband just turned 23
@@jblue1863 advocate for antibiotic treatment and steroids. Sending may prayers your way, he will be ok.
My husband is in ICU with covid induced pneumonia. Any advice from your experience? Ty
@@herbertmelissab5490 how is he doing now?
What’s funny to me is a deadly disease made me stop doing a deadly thing like smoking . The sec I was positive I stopped smoking and didn’t have a lot of lung issues.
Thank you Dr. Wellness and very best wishes to you!
Thank you for explaining the pneumonia problem.
Very welcome.
Subscribe to my channel please!
Thank you for explaining .. in such a good manner ✨
Thanks for commenting !
Thank You for taking the time to share this information with us all. Excellent speaker!
thanks for your compliment!
@@SGDrWellness How long does the covid19 pneumonia last in people , when should they see a cleae chest xray, great video.
Hey. Thanks a lot. Great u like it.
In general we can repeat chest X-ray 3-4 months after a pneumonia infection.
However we have also learnt that there are some cases of severe pneumonia due to covid 19 that can cause permanent lung scarring.
@@SGDrWellness And the answer to my question is doctor ?
@@flowersandcandyflowersandc9093 yes about 3-4 months
Pneumonia vaccine done......this is OK for taking vaccines for covid 19 overseas..and have endometrium this is safe
I have mild COVID pneumonia. I don’t take medicine for it. Now I recovering by covid. Can it go way without medicine? Thank you!
Thats what i had in March 2021 also ARDS with hypoxia 7months in ICU at Duke hospital on a ventilator, respirator and a dialysis machine it totally destroyed my lungs and left me requiring oxygen for the rest of my life
I’m a year out from my two vaccines and I don’t know if I’ll do the booster but how well am I protected after my infection and my two vaccines and for how long?
i have this. its kicking my butt. My chest hurts. I go from hot to cold all the time for no reason. and this hacking nagging wet cough omg.
Can you please explain this? From my diagnoses. Dr's wont tell me how serious it is. Is this a mild case?
FINDINGS: The bones, cardiomediastinal silhouette and pulmonary vessels appear normal. There is focal area of consolidation in the right midlung field just above the minor fissure and patchy infiltrate in the left midlung field and both bases. There is
no appreciable pleural effusion.
Impression:
IMPRESSION:
Multifocal bilateral pulmonary infiltrates consistent with pneumonia as discussed above.
Thank you for your advice...
Wow. I think it should be explained by your doctor in charge.
This shouldn’t be done over RUclips
Hi Doctor. Can I ask a question? I experienced covid symptoms like loss of smell, a week after I developed a pneumonia in my right lung, and treated with oxygen therapy and steroids at home. Fortunately, it got better one week after. My main concern is if it’s Covid which category do I belong, is it mild, moderate, or severe?
Do u think one should still get Covid 19 vaccine if they’ve had a pretty bad case of Covid pneumonia? Are there more risks??
My brother has pneumonia and covid he has the oxygen on him hes 30 yrs how did you do with this im scared!
@@yuliromero6 hi Yuli I’m sorry about ur brother! It’s definitely very scary! I went to the ER but did not need oxygen, I did however need an inhaler and was prescribed decongestants and an antibiotic for the pneumonia! I’m still in the middle of all of this and my son and husband have it as well 😔 I will be keeping ur brother and ur family in my prayers 🙏🏻 this virus is crazy the best we can do is take it one day at a time! Best of wishes I truly hope he has a speedy recovery!
@@maysam1438 absolutely you should, if you had COVID pneumonia chances are it fucked you up and damaged your lungs, scientists don’t know how long COVID natural immunity lasts, getting vaccinated is the greatest way to prevent you from ever getting that sick again or dying
Covid vaccine in the Philippines has a low supply, will a pneumonia vaccine help if a person gets infected with covid?
Unfortunately not Joel.
Thank you!!
I smoked more during my infection.
If you analyze it...People get killed due to difficulty of breathing after contracting covid...All of the shared videos about covid catastrophe in india shows one thing..."Lacked of Oxygen leading to asphyxiation"...I'm not in the medical field but is it possible to oxygenate the blood "seperately" without going to the normal process of breathing or Is it also possible to help the covid patient with this method plus the normal practice of inhaling oxygen?. Just imagine a similar dialysis method "soto speak" where blood is being oxygenated. This i thinked will provide a higher success of patient recovery on covid. I'm from the Philippines and my high hopes for india as a nation to combat this deadly disease. New subscriber here for your youtube channel and thumbs up.
Thanks for the sub!
Please help me sir, i am a covid positive and I have pneuomonia. It's difficult to breath everyday, I think I have no oxygen. What should I do now? 😢
@@omarescobar8202 im not a doctor brother>> but i can share some things that can alleviate your condition...First question, do you have a doctor that can assist you medically?
@@reyagustin9087 No sir. I did not go to a doctor yet.
@@omarescobar8202 Do you have any messenger..we can chat there to give you some pointers
Very good info! Make sure you get vaccinated people!
Asians sure do know a lot about Covid and synthetic biology. 😉
Another symptom is EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!!
The pneumonia comes from wearing a cloth mask, mouth germs can easily cause pneumonia
Hardly. Doctor wear masks most of the day while dealing with patients.
Plus, every single study shows masks help reduce the chance of getting covid.
If you have a study that proves your point please share it.
We are stll waiting for your sources Veli
@@nosuchthing8 he said cloth mask i think the ones the doctors wear might be different arent the cloth masks the fashion mask
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No, they do not! every study done for mask wearing shows that they do not protect against Covid or any other similar disease. Please read the studies before you start making such statements.