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Understanding Streptococcus Pneumoniae: Risks, Impact, and Treatment

Learn about the dangers of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacteria causing pneumonia, affecting lung function and oxygen supply. Discover symptoms, high-risk groups, and the importance of prompt antibiotic treatment.

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Understanding Streptococcus Pneumoniae: Risks, Impact, and Treatment

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  1. Streptococcus pneumoniae(Pneumonia) By Amber Monsen April 24,2009 Period E

  2. Who is at risk? • Adults over the age of 65 are at high risk • Adults with diabetes • Alcoholics

  3. Why is it so bad? • Pneumonia affects your lungs • Your lungs are a major organ in your body • Your lungs provide oxygen to your body through respiration • Pneumonia fills up your lungs making it hard for oxygen to pass through into your blood • Your cells cannot work properly without enough oxygen

  4. symptoms • Coughing • Chest pain • Fever • Shortness of breath • Shaking chills • Discolored sputum • Vomiting • Loss of appetite • Headaches • Elderly or infants may have few symptoms

  5. What does it do? • Bacteria gets into your lungs and infects them • Your lungs become inflamed and fill with puss and other fluids • Fluids restrict oxygen flow to blood stream • Cells stop working the right way

  6. The facts • The treatment for pneumonia is antibiotics • 10-20% U.S. population are affected

  7. Quiz • Who is at high risk ? • What does it affect? • What is a symptom? • What is something it does? • What is a treatment for pneumonia?

  8. Thank you

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