PNEUMONIA
HEALTH is important in one's life, health must be prioritized and it should be handled seriously because living a healthy lifestyle leads to a longer life. to achieve a healthy lifestyle we must follow the golden rules to beacome a healthy person, beaing a healthy person can give us a lot of benefits especially in physical activities.
HOW TO PREVENT?
prevent pneumonia by;
drinking plenty of fluids
drink antibiotics
stay away from sick people, if possible
practice good hand washing
CAUSES OF PNEUMONIA
The cause of this disease are bacterias, viruses, and fungi.
EFFECTS WHEN UNTREATED
The signs and symptoms of pneumonia vary from mild to severe, depending on factors such as the type of germ causing the infection, and your age and overall health. Mild signs and symptoms often are similar to those of a cold or flu, but they last longer.
Signs and symptoms of pneumonia may include:
Chest pain when you breathe or cough
Confusion or changes in mental awareness (in adults age 65 and older)
Cough, which may produce phlegm
Fatigue
Fever, sweating and shaking chills
Lower than normal body temperature (in adults older than age 65 and people with weak immune systems)
Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
shortness of breath
DISCUSSION;
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus (purulent material), causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing. A variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses and fungi, can cause pneumonia.
Pneumonia can range in seriousness from mild to life-threatening. It is most serious for infants and young children, people older than age 65, and people with health problems or weakened immune systems.
LINK TO ECONOMICS:
Economics is all about decision making, it is your choice to keep your respiratory healthy it is also about choices, we choose our own lifestyle it's either we choose to be healthy or not we should decide and be really careful about the foods that we will be eating we shouldn't let our guard down.Healthy diets reduce morbidity and mortality and produce many kinds of economic benefits: lower medical care and institutional care costs, higher productivity, improved quality of life, and increased life expectancy.

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