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Use profile · Respiratory & ENT

Pneumonia

A lung disease that involves lung parenchyma or alveolar inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid (consolidation and exudation). It results from a variety of causes including infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites, and chemical or physical injury to the lungs. It is accompanied by fever, chills, cough, and difficulty in breathing.

Condition Or SymptomDOID:552Traditional documentation
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What the index means by Pneumonia.

The database says that a source associated a plant with the label “Pneumonia”. It does not show that the source used modern diagnostic criteria or that the plant was effective.

Breathing difficulty, blue or grey lips, confusion, fainting or rapidly worsening symptoms require urgent medical assessment.

117plant associations for Pneumonia
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