What is pneumonia? | Respiratory system diseases | NCLEX-RN | Khan Academy

Pneumonia is a medical condition where lung tissue becomes inflamed, usually caused by a virus or bacteria. Learn how shortness of breath, cough, and fever are common symptoms of this condition and why they occur in pneumonia. Created by Jannah George.
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[@jerelyn-yw3fl]

I have pneumonia. I'm 9. I just found out I had pneumonia yesterday. I took a blood test and 1 X-ray yesterday because of persistent high fever and extremely bad cough. i just hope that I will not need to be admitted... Wish me luck! Bye! 👋

[@wunderwaxey7106]

IN THE NAME OF MIGHTY JESUS YOU ARE HEALED!

[@jerelyn-yw3fl]

+Wunder Waxey Heyy!! Thanks!! I didn't need to be admitted on Monday!!!!! I'm so extremely happy! God Bless You and Your Family!!!

[@blrg2321]

Same, but I had dextrose, I had to have antibiotics and I cough so hard that I vibrate. One day I saw blood going up the tubes. I was not scared but I was rapidly shivering.

[@jerelyn-yw3fl]

+Music Aly woah! You're brave! Hope you're all better now!

[@samiramohamed1561]

Get well soon and may God b with u

[@beckysegundo6688]

I had pneumonia when I was little in the 70s & had it again this year in May. Both times in the same lobe left lower lobe. This year was the worst.

[@ellacarolinee]

I had Penumbra about 7 years ago when I was 6 years old. I don't remember anything about it at all but I have been told I had a 106 fever and I was so sick I was unable to walk. I honestly had no idea what it was until I watched this video. The person who made this did a really good job at explaining.

[@BlinkinFirefly]

This is such a cute presentation! You explain things very well =) Thanks!

[@seemlyme]

5:00 Because of

[@Khemsukii]

Lol cute?

[@christopherhellinger1135]

I was diagnosed with it yesterday and tomorrow is thanksgiving. It sucks but it’s not as bad as a lot of other cases. Oh and a sinus infection at the same time makes it a bit worse but my eye color is awesome.

[@tammieheintzman5631]

Very helpful for students! You packed a significant amount of information into an 11 minute video.

[@beatricemilne9898]

I'm doing a mock university degree for the brilliant club and this really helped my research, thanks for the help

[@jennamarcus4283]

i have fucking pneumonia now, and it's my winter break! i had so much shit i wanted/needed to do. i'm so pissed off. also, i hate having to rely on my mom for shit. she had to clean up my puke and get my food n shit. this sucks. thanks for the video though.

[@derpface5156]

I know that you are pissed off but you need to realize that you need to respect yourself for what god has given you because you're very lucky that you're not dead.

[@derpface5156]

+Erik Thorleif no, I mean he's lucky to live!

[@daiwikjuneja2113]

hahahaha lol

[@monkeyarura9411]

Jenna i have pneumonia to

[@Miss_Dizzy-z3v]

Jenna when i was a newborn baby i had pneumonia. I almost died btw. My grandpa payed so much money to heal me so. Im cured :D

[@graceg3782]

Thank you for explaining to me what my doctors did not. ❤️

[@nadine91]

Very good presentation. Answered a lot of my questions. Thanks!

[@diamond123456789007]

When I was about 2 or 3 I almost die from it. When my mom took me to the hospital the doctors took her I was at my last stage and I probably wouldn't have made it the next day. Thank god for doctors

[@beshobashabesho1]

Great job , appreciated

[@christineramos4740]

this is amazing, thank you.

[@Hannibal953able]

I remember the medical adds on television about this being played quite a lot when I was younger.

[@alyiaha8507]

I'm 14 going on 15 I've was at camp and started having the symptoms and I go into the doctor's tomorrow to see if I have it

[@Elekels]

Such an interesting vid & got so into it that when it ended i thought WHERE'S THE REST OF IT

[@sirsoap4881]

I've had a minor case of pneumonia for a month and I just finished my antibiotics. My body hates healing so I'll probably need another round like last time. Gym class is torture though.

[@lizzitran5324]

Thanks for this wonderful video, it helps me alot in remembering, hope you have more helpful video like this.

[@nimraaslam7715]

this is a very good explanation, thank you!

[@breenewberry1958]

i had this when I was 1 and 1\2 and I don't remember it but i had it in my left lung and my family though they would lose me but luckily they didn't

[@breenewberry1958]

thought*

[@kuroyami1745]

Bree and Alex I had it when I was 2 and a half

[@amritashrestha249]

thanx for this video so much knowledgeable. it helps to recall my background knowledge.

[@rachel-zy9sr]

I had pneumonia when I was a baby and I somehow made it through, then I got it again when I was 5 and I missed 2 weeks of kindergarten and I’ve never been sick since, not even a cold

[@SabbathSOG]

Great, thx!

[@whitneytjones]

this video was very helpful

[@wadahalmatar6068]

Thank you for sharing this information.

[@mathieuloyer7334]

Amazing video! Thank you!

[@hadiqasultan]

Very helpful. Thank you soo much

[@mikenike4090]

Jamie Magnate, monkeyarura, and Jenna, I see where you all are coming from. I've had asthma since I was a little kid and still have it now. Yesterday, I just went to the hospital and they diagnosed me with pneumonia AGAIN! I've had pneumonia when I was 1 1/2 - 2 years old and I was hospitalized for a while. I heard that my mom protested not to give me steroids for a year and instead, asked the doctors to only give me it until I feel better. That's then, and I don't remember much then. Now, I'm staying home from my school dealing with pneumonia and getting all sorts of medicine. They say I'm lucky I'm not hospitalized, but if I get worse, take me to the ER. I hope we don't need to go to that section of the hospital. To those who has asthma/pneumonia, good luck. This is the second time I could die. Oh, and what's weird is that I have pneumonia in early fall which is hot in 2017, so it could get a lot worse hopefully not. *Edited* I also had a fever and an X-ray on my waist for some reason maybe they also got my chest idk.

[@winnieobasuyi1938]

This was so beneficial!

[@manoranjitha2969]

Amazing thank you very much

[@mrscupcakeninja]

I had pneumonia when I was 3 so 11 years ago, it was a really scary experience

[@heroicforces8238]

like you remember. of course.

[@joannexd9754]

I had pneumonia over christmas in 2007 so when I was 2 and a half. Honestly, I dont remember anyhting but pulling a needle out at midnight and roaming the hospital looking for my dad. Of course he werent there though.

[@mrscupcakeninja]

Heroic Forces... i hardly remember anything, but i can remember when i was three, i was close to death, of course im going to remember. :)

[@MaileyBug]

Found out today I have pneumonia. I have been out of school for a week with what I thought was the flu, and when I woke up early not being able to breath coughing so hard my parents took me to urgent care and they took my xray and blood and told me I had pneumonia. At first I was excited because there would be no school for a while but than I was back in reality and remembered how crappy it feels. Having pneumonia is SO bad, I hurt so badly! I feel like I want to die every second.

[@herffy7900]

same here man, out for a week :/

[@cookielipz1msp536]

Ugu, same here. Haven't been to school for a week, I kept coughing, and sometimes threw up my food, gotten fevers at certain times :| my doctor said that my right side lung sounds crackly whenever I breathe. I got a chance to peak at the doctors paper, and it said my diagnosis was pneumonia. And I wasn't wrong because that paper had my name, birth, and crap. Sad life.

[@victorialeigh9273]

I have pneumonia now. I'm out for 3 weeks. It really sucks

[@Sophie-cd7oh]

+Mailey I know its so terrible! When i was 7 i was in hospital because of the illness, i would wake up sweating and not being able to breath. I also had Pneumonia when i was 3 but i cant remember that. One of my closet friends got pneumonia from the cinnamon challenge!

[@medicalscience1528]

Thank you so much. It was simple easy to go explanation.

[@kiddingrabbit6862]

My friend has this and I came here to know more about it

[@siennastutorials1108]

Ummm I have pneumonia (my doctor diagnosed me) and I haven’t had shortness of breath and I have never had chest pain, only coughing and fevers

[@fategg2888]

First 6 comments: "CROOKED HILLARY SENT ME HERE LOL!!!"

[@suprateekat5338]

For medics khan academy is a blessing

[@MajesticCow]

I had pneumonia and asthma attacks at the same time when I was like 10 yrs old. It was terrible I just remember coughing was terrible, and I was in the bed for so long.

[@jaleelnp4643]

Very use full video for beginners

[@pshyeah1128]

Why did this video stop.. keep going.. it was so good!!!

[@nekoettewings9999]

I've had this twice, it was probably the most painful days of my life, and LUCK ME! Shots ( because thats how its healed ) ended and the whole therapy to get rid of it stopped when it was my BIRTHDAY, literally that was the best day ever because i also got my dog then! :D

[@shortnik11]

Excellent!

[@shivamoewardi8914]

Really helpful

[@NADA_ZZINZZIN]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@natecampbell4570]

I sadly have pneumonia just now it’s annoying because we are going to Italy on Tuesday so I hope I get better I’m in hospital and got X-rays and they saw three big white dots of bacteria but yesterday they said it’s shifting and I’m coughing up a lot of mucus and some bits of blood so hopefully I get better

[@mariamsendagire4603]

Thank you , thank you,thank you!

[@user-sn2oe1sl7n]

Thank youuuuuu alooooot

[@nellyhoffman6194]

thank you khan academy

[@jordanforester5699]

I broke my collar bone and dislocated my shoulder so it is very hard to breathe and because I was taking short breaths I got pneumonia.. great !

[@rayvnrichards3689]

I had pneumonia in the 4th grade, yea that was not fun... Thank you for this video though because i finally understand what was ACTUALLY wrong with me. All i was told was there was water in my lungs.

[@aestheticarii1682]

I have pneumonia in my right lung and I am 10 years old. I have been taking antiniotics 9 days and today it is my last day :) So the total is actually 10 days. I had high fever and very bad cough :( But I am okay now! I was always 100F and always over for the first 5 days. I was always tired and wooozy :( What made it worse is that I had strep throat :( I couldn't share a drink or any food with my family because they might get it too… I took Blood tests and got IV because I was very weak ^-^ My grandma died of pneumonia but she was old then but I am still very young and I am sure I can recover! :D

[@HafizahHoshni]

thank you so much!! :D

[@rhiannageorge8338]

Great!!

[@fikiryashenifal8143]

Very helpful vidio

[@startaprilvideo7786]

thank you so much

[@elizataylor6905]

I've had pneumonia once and we think that I having it right now

[@chanaka20002000]

This is really good. I'm wondering why my medical college lecturers couldn't simply it to this level.

[@alialoos2092]

thanks.. شكرااا @😊👍

[@mariaaziz7442]

سلام

[@alialoos2092]

+Maria Aziz وعليكم السلام

[@HafizahHoshni]

thanks 😀

[@Shamalwal]

this site is more useful for the people

[@garryoak]

Nice mouse work. If anyone's here to actually try to find some new information about pneumonia I'm with you. Friend of mine just hit the hospital.

[@studymbbs9300]

YOU ARE AWSOME

[@deck1812]

What program is being used to draw everything?

[@Zackariyaouchen]

Am having this shit now.... Thanks allah for everything.... Thank you for this awesome explanation

[@titanjermina8329]

Ty

[@Musiclovergirl1232]

I have just been diagnosed with Community-acquired pneumonia :/ my lungs suck at being lungs.

[@conanbyrne5751]

*Covid-19 enters the room*

[@alicialearnsvietnamese1448]

Exactly why I'm watching this video...to try to get a better understanding of exactly what pneumonia is. A lot of the resources out there are so unclear in their language. So pneumonia is just the state of lung tissues becoming inflamed and the alveoli filling with liquid? It sounds like the bacteria and viruses that commonly cause this condition are also colloquially referred to as "pneumonia". Am I understanding that correctly? Some resources say you can "pass pneumonia on" but really, you can pass on the bacteria or virus that caused your pneumonia.

[@fenska7313]

how exactly bactery or virus infection cause inflammation on alveoli? can you tell me more about the epithel and makrofag in there?

[@maiavitale8458]

when i was 15 i got this cold and i thought it will be ok on it's own so i didn't use any treatments after 2 weeks i started to have this very uncomfortable uneasy feeling on my rib cage when i take a breath or swallow something, i went to the doctor and got diagnosed as pneumonia.

[@laurakantner4904]

I've had this 9 times when I was a kid and I was hospitialized a couple of times..it was terrible.

[@karanbikramsingh5786]

Can u please put a video on different types of tissues

[@elizabethwebster7291]

Thank you! Your explanation of pneumonia was by far the easiest and most comprehensive I've ever heard.

[@user-xd2yw1zr7n]

😍thanx

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Good lesson thank you. The great musician Charlie Parker died of lobar pneumonia. Must’ve been in a really bad at the end.

[@Dr_Beast]

This is all true I have this and I have these symptoms

[@yeshikidane8889]

Verygood

[@rsmith6212]

This past week I was cleared of double pneumonia.

[@mariangarcia706]

Now, it's my turn. Thanks for the video.

[@birdysmallz]

Sky is awsome

[@aitools111]

Best one

[@clubpenguinandanimaljam1813]

Best explaining ever xD

[@jonarubica9608]

I have had pneumonia before just a few weeks ago

[@deonharvey732]

I had pneumonia before that's something not to joke around with I remember I was on my nebulizer machine I told my step dad I couldn't breathe he called the ambulance and they came to pick me up every time when I cough up my mucus was yellow and it took my breath away. I was in the hospital for a month and a half I had to get a trachatomy I had to learn how to talk and walk again I was really bad off doctors said I wasn't going to make it it feels like I was on my death bed some of my family and friends came to see me that's the worst feeling ever Im glad I made it through it I shouda been dead.

[@caitlinsineadxm4364]

I had this

[@clashgod4655]

Just today I got pneumonia!

[@beckysegundo6688]

I has bronchitis 2 times when I was a year old. Then walking pneumonia lower left lobe when I was 7. It felt more like having a very bad cold. Then the next 40+ years no lower respiratory issues. Ive had influenza every few years & always recovered ok. I started getting flu shots every year since 22011.This year I caught influenza April 26. The pattern was drastically different. The fever was masked by dayquil. I was getting weaker by the day, couldn't leave the house, barely managing to eat. I was coughing intermittently, still am. Beginning May my ribs started hurting thought it was muscle aches from the flu & it felt like getting punched hard in the ribs. My practioner came to examine me at my house & heard snap crackle pop in my lower left lobe then told me I have pneumonia. Told me to call 911 since I was weak. Got chest x-ray & full confirmation of pneumonia. Didn't have to be hospitalized. Got given strong antibiotics as I have RA & diabetes too. I could feel the life returning almost the next day. Right now doing better but still weakened & fatigue easy. Still have chest pain at level one better than level 6-7. The windy weather makes me cough more. I got a follow up in 2 days. Now I'm left wondering how my respiratory system will be in the future after all this.

[@tylermartin3709]

man I remember when I had this it was back when I was in kindergarten almost at the end of school btw if anyone where wondering I had to go to the hospital. now I WAS going to stay there for 2 WEEKS yeah but there were too many kids that had the flu and a few other sicknesses I had to go home well thankfully pneumonia isn't contagious.

[@sophieclark3913]

Is it normal to have a bump in the area that was effected?

[@jessiepaige3279]

I was just diagnosed today 👍🏻 it's not fun

[@2much2handle68]

I get this as soon as summer school starts FML

[@petezereeah517]

I felt like hell for six weeks. No shortness of breath or wheezing. Thought I had bronchitis. I felt like I started to seriously get worse so I finally went to get help. After a chest scan I was told I had pneumonia of the lower right lung. They gave me a horse sized shot of anti biotic. Cured! This disease is no joke. They told me if I hadn't went in when i did I would have gotten very seriously ill.

[@ap4702]

Does septrin help clear this?

[@sargent-clan5432]

I am so sad I just found out today I have pneumonia. I hate being sick and I know how some people feel!

[@Fernando-jy6ut]

I wish you'll get well soon :)

[@MaileyBug]

Me too! I hope your feeling better it feels awful!!

[@alyssahenry3155]

Sargent-clan i got pneumonia twice as a kid hopefully i dont get it a third time.

[@alyssahenry3155]

i had pneumonia twice as a little baby and a toddler

[@Byteable]

Who else is having Pneumonia and watching this video 🤒

[@jamieh8845]

I had pneumonia when I was 4. I had to have surgery because it got very bad.

[@studymbbs9300]

YOUR EXPLANATION WAS GOOD AND EASY TO UNDER STAND THAN YOU

[@cagedbeats5440]

This actually happened to me 9 times no joke

[@aishahboyd2741]

I had this in p1 I never now I could have died but nay for nay hade lost me too it was so sore I scramd wen I moved one finger

[@fatboi3559]

I had that