The study indicated that in children with severe zinc deficiency could be a possible marker of severe
pneumonia. The immune related functions of zinc include optional functioning of both innate and acquired immunity and impaired immune functions due to inadequate zinc status which may be the most common secondary immune-deficiency inhumans, zinc also has an auto-inflammatory and antioxidant agent8 In a study done in Iran by Saleh et al9 a cross-sectional study indicated that there was no statistically significant relationship between plasma level of Zinc and clinical course of
pneumonia.
Is there a reduction in morbidity of paediatric pneumonia with zinc as anintervention?
One hundred and fifteen patients diagnosed with
pneumonia (55.7% male and 44.3% female) were compared with the healthy control group of 87 children (57.5% male and 42.5% female).
Evaluation of Anticoagulant Proteins and Fibrinolytic System Markers in Children with Pneumonia
Anyone can get
pneumonia, but those at high risk are infants from birth to age 2, and adults aged 65 or older.
There's no outbreak-but a flu can lead to pneumonia
'The Philippines is one of the 15 countries that together account for 75 percent of childhood
pneumonia cases worldwide,' the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reports.
Watch out for Pneumonia
Often, this complication is another infection that brings about
pneumonia.
Why The Elderly Are Vulnerable To Pneumonia
When contacted, Bisham THQ hospital MS Dr Mansoor Ahmed said that it was not
pneumonia outbreak, but such cases surfaced usually in the winter due to severe cold and dry spell.
Three children die of pneumonia in Shangla
However, fungal
pneumonia, which can be caused by breathing in fungal spores, isn't contagious.
Is Pneumonia A Disease?
She said that the vast majority of older people with
pneumonia are hospitalized, where they could be treated with intravenous antibiotics and older people could get very sick very fast from
pneumonia and tend to respond less well to oral antibiotics.
Pneumonia can be deadly if not treated early: Pediatrician
"Despite the fact that free vaccination is available in the country,
pneumonia is killing as many as 92,000 children annually," reveal the figures released by WHO on the eve of
Pneumonia Day.
92,000 Pakistani kids die of pneumonia every year
Globally,
pneumonia accounts for more than 920,000 deaths among children under five years and Pakistan is among five countries which account for 99% of childhood
pneumonia cases.
World Pneumonia Day
Dr Nisar Rao emphasized on doctors to keep up to date with the knowledge and latest research regarding the disease in order to play a vital role in controlling
pneumonia.
One million in Pakistan hit by pneumonia annually
Since
pneumonia often follows respiratory infections, be aware of any symptoms that linger more than a few days.
99 percent pneumonia patients die under five years of age
CHARSADDA -- As all the attention of health departments is on polio this year World
Pneumonia Day passed unnoticed here at Charsadda.
World Pneumonia Day passed unnoticed
ISLAMABAD:Medical specialist on Monday stressed the need for creating awareness among the masses about the necessity of vaccinating children against
pneumonia, a disease responsible for thousands of children's death in the country each year.
Parents urged to get children vaccinated against pneumonia
Yasmin Rashid has stressed upon parents to make their children immunized from deadly disease of
Pneumonia. In a message on the eve of World
Pneumonia Awareness Day (Nov 12) she reiterated that Punjab government was committed to immunize every child from diseases.
Govt firm to immunize every child from pneumonia: Yasmin