Best Doctors for Pneumonia Treatment in Bhopal

Pneumonia is described as a respiratory tract infection that causes accumulation of fluid in the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. Pneumonia occurs due to organisms such as viruses, bacteria or fungi. The symptoms associated with pneumonia include fever and cough with yellow, green or bloody mucus. The other significant signs of bacterial and viral pneumonia are rapid breathing, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, sweating or chills, abdominal pain, chest pain, loss of appetite, bluish skin, lips or nails, dry cough, headache, muscle pain and altered mental state. The causative factors responsible for causing pneumonia are mycoplasma pneumonia bacteria, common cold caused by rhinovirus, COVID (SARS-COV-2), flu (influenza virus), human para influenza virus (HMIV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV), legionnaires' disease, pneumococcal disease, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pneumocystis pneumonia. The treatment plan to manage pneumonia involves taking medications like antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, depending on the factors causing it, IV fluids, draining fluid from lungs and oxygen therapy.