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Pulmonary aspiration is the entry of solid or liquid material such as pharyngeal secretions, food, drink, or stomach contents from the oropharynx or gastrointestinal tract, into the trachea and lungs. [1] When pulmonary aspiration occurs during eating and drinking, the aspirated material is often colloquially referred to as "going down the ...
According to Kershaw, C 2008 page 1, "[a]s of 2001, pneumonia was the sixth most common cause of death in the United States". Alcoholism increases mortality from pneumonia because of leukopenia , lower white blood cell counts, which leads to a worse infection because white blood cells help fight the bacterial infection, so lower numbers result ...
Wine is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages worldwide, with people drinking it for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Especially in light of red wine’s place in the Mediterranean diet ...
The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...
Walking pneumonia is a milder form of pneumonia—sharing symptoms including fever, sore throat, and fatigue—and it gets its name because the symptoms often aren’t severe enough to keep people ...
Eating healthy and getting regular physical activity can also keep your immune system strong, lowering the risk you’ll develop pneumonia, the NHLBI says. If you have symptoms of white lung ...
Complications may include sudden death. [1] AKA most commonly occurs in long term alcoholics and less commonly in those who binge drink. [2] Onset is generally after a decreased ability to eat for a few days. [2] Diagnosis is generally based on symptoms. [2] Blood sugar levels are often normal or only mildly increased. [2]
Pneumonia fills the lung's alveoli with fluid, hindering oxygenation. The alveolus on the left is normal, whereas the one on the right is full of fluid from pneumonia. Pneumonia frequently starts as an upper respiratory tract infection that moves into the lower respiratory tract. [55] It is a type of pneumonitis (lung inflammation). [56]