Bacterial Pneumonia

Last updated: 6 Aug 2024 | 5272 Views |

Pneumonia can be mild or life-threatening. Certain conditions can weaken your body's defenses. These conditions include aging, smoking, excess alcohol use, lung disease, heart failure, diabetes, kidney failure, and HIV infection. Medications such as anticancer drugs and prednisone and respiratory viral infections. Healthy people of all ages can also get pneumonia.