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A vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae, available for adults, is recommended for healthy individuals over 65 and all adults with COPD, heart failure, diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, alcoholism, cerebrospinal fluid leaks or who have had a splenectomy. Re-vaccination may be required after five or ten years. [16]
The number of residents in long-term care facilities is expected to rise dramatically over the next 30 years. These older adults are known to develop pneumonia 10 times more than their community-dwelling peers, and hospital admittance rates are 30 times higher. [11] [13]
[12] [13] Rates are greatest in children less than five, and adults older than 75 years. [12] It occurs about five times more frequently in the developing world than in the developed world. [12] Viral pneumonia accounts for about 200 million cases. [12] In the United States, as of 2009, pneumonia is the 8th leading cause of death. [24]
Doctors have long urged people ages 50 and older to get a shot to protect against bacterial pneumonia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now agrees.
Pneumonia is an infection of one or both lungs that causes air sacs to fill up with fluid or pus, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. ... Adults ages 19 to 64 who don’t have a ...
It is the most common bacterial pneumonia found in adults, the most common type of community-acquired pneumonia, and one of the common types of pneumococcal infection. The estimated number of Americans with pneumococcal pneumonia is 900,000 annually, with almost 400,000 cases hospitalized and fatalities accounting for 5-7% of these cases. [2]
Acute interstitial pneumonitis (also known as acute interstitial pneumonia) is a rare, severe lung disease that usually affects otherwise healthy individuals. There is no known cause or cure. There is no known cause or cure.
For individuals older than 75, the risk of pneumonia due to dysphagia is six times greater than those 65. [28] Owing to multiple factors, such as frailty, impaired efficacy of swallowing, decreased cough reflex and neurological complications, dysphagia can be considered as a geriatric syndrome. [ 29 ]