Santo Domingo.- Within the framework of the commemoration of the World Day against Pneumonia, this November 12, the medical staff of the Pneumology service of the Doctor Francisco Moscoso Puello Hospitaldirected by Dr. María Argentina Germán, calls on people to be alert to the symptoms of the disease.
Respiratory difficulty, fatigue, fever, cough, and even altered state of consciousness, are some of the symptoms that those affected may present, highlight the doctors.
Pneumonia is an inflammatory process of the lung tissue, which can be caused by different elements, hence the importance of making a timely diagnosis, since this allows managing any complications that may arise.
Smokers, asthmatics and those with chronic lung disease are more likely to get pneumonia.
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Doctors warn that pneumonia that is not treated in time can have complications such as a pleural effusion, which is the accumulation of fluid in the space of the membrane that covers the outside of the lungs and the inside of the chest, it can also be complicated by producing an empyema. , that is, an accumulation of pus fluid in the pleural space.
