pheumonia ---double pheumonia

[pusskin]

can you tell me please --what is the difference? thanks

[mike11111]

Pneumonia affects one lung, double affects both.

[pusskin]

cheers mike --many thanks. thought was the the case . sleep well

[Sqad]

There is no such condition as "double pneumonia"

If there was, the mikes´s explanation would be correct.

[mike11111]

Interesting. It was a very common expression when I was young. what do you think people meant by it?

[Sqad]

mike...double pneumonia is not a medical term, but a layman´s term.

2main types of pneumonia
a) Lobar Pneumonia........affecting one lobe.
b) Bronchopneumonia.......which may or may not affect both lungs.

Both are entirely different disease processes.

I think that I would agree with your answer.

[Jemisa]

My old mum 20 years ago died of 'Double Pheumonia' Its on her death certificate as cause of death.
jem

[pusskin]

thank you for replies!
my friend said that she has had double pheumonia in the past.
So they are the same thing then. thanks folks

[pusskin]

its strange how we have always believed that single and double pheumonia are the same thing, meaning either one lung or two being infected. thanks for replies. have a good day x pusskins

[ummmm]

My Mum had double pheumonia.

[pusskin]

its an awfull thing to have wrong with you! I sympathise with any one who has had it.
Jemima -- ummmm.Must have been rotten to see your loved ones suffering from it.

[ummmm]

I was young so I don't remember it...luckily. The doctor thought I had pneumonia once but it turned out I had a blocked wind pipe. That was bad enough....

[roger]

There's a vaccination against Pneumonia available - my GP says once is permanent

[Jemisa]

Yes you're right Roger. My dr said to have it every 10 years to be safe,
I've had it.

jem

[Sqad]

jemisa......vaccination is only effective against the bacterial causes...it is inneffectve against the other causes of pneumonia, particularly viral and Kleibsiela.

[jno]

double pneumonia is a misunderstanding, I believe - it's pleural pneumonia and people misheard it as plural pneumonia.

[Sqad]

jno......no such thing as Pleural pneumonia.

[jno]

bang goes that theory, then.

[Sqad]

jno...LOL...it´s just as good as the others ;-)