Doctors identified who exactly can be laid up in the hospital with pneumonia.
The cold season is in full swing. As we all know, goes untreated viral infections often develop into complications such as pneumonia. It turns out that not all people are at risk of catching pneumonia.
These people are more likely to become ill with pneumonia:
1. Smokers. Their doctors refer to in the first place, because light in this part of the people do not have the same protective functions vested initially. The nicotine and tar contained in cigarettes reduce the protective function not only of the lungs but the whole body.
2. Those who suffer from respiratory diseases in the chronic form. People with asthma, chronic lung disease and other diseases are much more susceptible to pneumonia than others.
3. Age group of potential patients is the place to be, if we are talking about pneumonia. Statistics suggests that most often this disease overtakes babies under one year and elderly people who crossed the mark of 65 years.
4. People with weak immune systems. In this case, everything goes without saying. A weakened immune system can trigger the development of a whole bunch of different viruses and infections in the human body, and not just pneumonia.
5. Recently I have been ill with colds or those who just recovered from flu. Here we can talk about incorrect treatment, which has provoked the development of inflammation in the lungs.
Those who do not fall in this risk group should not be too confident and hope that they are not threatened pneumonia. In fact, all people should maintain a healthy lifestyle, do not abuse alcohol and Smoking, and perform the simplest preventive measures for pneumonia:
1. To consume as many vitamins.
2. Wash hands after have been in public places.
3. The flu and colds cannot be transferred to the legs, as it is fraught with consequences.
4. In the period of epidemic viral diseases need to wear a respiratory mask on her face, exchanging it for a new one every 3-4 hours. It is generally desirable not to have contact with people who have obvious signs of a cold or flu.
5. Once a year should do x-rays to check his lungs on the subject of chronic diseases.
