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How does making the immune system stronger lengthen the life of a person with AIDS?
IF the immune system is strengthened the person is less susceptible to obtaining infections like pneumonia which can cause death if they don't have a fully functioning immune system
Why do people with HIV get pneumonia?
Their immune system becomes inoperative. They become easy targets for such infections.
How can Pneumonia be cured?
Commonly, Pneumonia can be cured with antibiotics. Viral pneumonia, however, has no cure except the immune system, so fluids and other immune system helpers will be administered. Possibly intravenously
What does superimposed pneumonia mean?
Superimposed pneumonia means that a person was initially diagnosed with pneumonia but then contracted some sort of infection. This most likely occurred because of a weakened immune system and a predisposition to infection because of the pneumonia.
Can you get immune to Pneumonia?
Yes, death due to pneumonia is possible.
How did Carl Sagan get Pneumonia?
Carl Sagan developed pneumonia as a complication of his battle with myelodysplasia, a bone marrow disorder. The chemotherapy and immunosuppressive treatments he underwent weakened his immune system, making him vulnerable to infections like pneumonia.
Can you get pneumonia by piercing your nose at home?
Piercing your nose yourself leaves you with a huge risk of infection. If you get even a slight infection, your immune system will be compromised and you'd have an increased chance of getting pneumonia. But you won't get pneumonia directly from piercing.
Why is a person with AIDS may also have pneumonia?
AIDS stands for Autio Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This means that the disease attacks and weakens the human immune system. This system is responsible for keeping you healthy by fighting off infections and viruses, among many other things, that are contantly attacking the human body.In a healthy person, the immune system attacks and destroys viruses and such, but in a person with AIDS the immune system is too weak or almost non-existent and as a result, these viruses take hold; such as pneumonia. Actually, people with AIDS usually end up dying from such relatively simple things like pneumonia and not actually the disease (AIDS) itself.
Long term effects of pneumonia?
Overtime Pneumonia may trigger the immune system to react and in turn inflame or damage the arteries in the heart, this may lead to heart attacks and or strokes.
Why does Pneumonia occurs more commonly in males than females?
It is because males generally have a weaker immune system than females'.
How did flora die?
Flora died from complications of pneumonia, exacerbated by her weakened immune system.
How global is pneumonia?
Pneumonia is one of the many leading causes of deaths especially in thrid world countries all over the world. This is usually higher in older ages because of their failing immune system.
