50-year-old Mansi suffered from high fever with bouts of severe body ache. On the third day of fighting fever that refused to settle, she got tested for dengue, typhoid and the results came negative. Even COVID test was negative. A detailed examination at the physician revealed she had pneumonia. So let’s first understand what pneumonia is. Pneumonia is a medical term for infection of the lungs. Pneumonia is one of the most common and morbid conditions encountered in clinical practice. It is one of the leading causes of hospitalization, significant morbidity, and substantial mortality. India accounts for around 23% of the global burden of pneumonia cases. The case fatalities vary between 14 - 30 percent in pneumonia patients, explains Dr Rohit Kumar Garg, consultant, department of infectious diseases, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad.
Symptoms of pneumonia
