Pneumonia is a lung infection and/or inflammation of the air sacs of one or both lungs. Bacteria, viruses, and fungi can ...

Bronchial breath sounds like cavernous, tubular, and amorphous sounds indicate health conditions in your lungs or airways. ... They can indicate various conditions, including pneumonia.

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Pneumonia occurs when germs like bacteria, viruses, or fungi infect your lungs. Your immune system releases white blood cells to fight the infection, causing ...

Lung cancer raises your pneumonia risk. Learn how these conditions are linked, how they’re different, and about their diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Chemical pneumonia is an unusual type of lung irritation. Pneumonia usually is caused by a bacteria or virus. In chemical pneumonia, inflammation of lung tissue is from poisons or toxins. Only a ...

A quick search for “white lung pneumonia” or “white lung syndrome” can send you down a rabbit hole of alarming reports describing a new respiratory disease affecting children.

Likely behind the trending but misleading “white lung” phrase: a fear that cases of pneumonia of an “unknown origin” in China have spread to European countries, and to the U.S.

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) may increase the risk of pneumonia due to a weakened immune system or structural changes to the lungs. SCLC is one of the two main types of lung cancer. Pneumonia is ...