Pharmacotherapy/Treatment Of Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an acute respiratory tract infection that affects the lungs. The lungs get oxygen into the blood and remove carbon dioxide. This happens during breathing. When you breathe in, air travels down the back of the throat and passes through the voice box and into the windpipe (trachea). The trachea splits into two air passages (bronchial tubes). One bronchial tube leads to the left lung, the other to the right lung. You breathe 12 to 20 times per minute when you are not sick. The lungs are made up of small sacs called alveoli. They get filled with air during the process of breathing. Pneumonia is characterized by pus and fluid filled alveoli. This prevents oxygen from getting to vital organs and makes breathing difficult. Pneumonia is a deadly disease if not treated well. According to the world health organisation (WHO), pneumonia killed 808694 children under the age of five in 2017. That is about 15 percent of children under five. That places pneumonia as the cause of the highe...
