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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.
This story is from the January 2021 edition of Woman's Weekly Living Series.
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