COPING WITH…Pneumonia
Woman's Weekly Living Series|January 2021
This lung infection can kill so it should always be taken seriously, says Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones
Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones
COPING WITH…Pneumonia

Pneumonia means inflammation of our lung cells (alveoli). Their walls become swollen with fluid that makes it harder for oxygen and carbon dioxide to exchange in the bloodstream.

Around 1% of us get community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) each year – 100,000 people are admitted to hospital in England alone. This is only a tiny proportion of the millions of us who get coughs, colds or bronchitis. Usually self-treatable (see box), they occasionally require antibiotics.

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