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Pneumonia Symptoms
Pneumonia Symptoms
Risk Factors
Anyone can get pneumonia. It's commonly a complication of a
respiratory infectionespecially the flubut there are more than 30
different causes of the illness. Older adults, children and people with
chronic disease, including COPD and asthma, are at high risk for
pneumonia.
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If you have viral pneumonia, you also are at risk of getting bacterial
pneumonia.
Understanding the cause of pneumonia is important because
pneumonia treatment depends on its cause. Learn more about what
causes pneumonia.