A person may require hospital treatment for pneumonia if symptoms are severe. A partial or completely collapsed lung may cause a person’s chest to feel heavy and painful. Known as pneumothorax ...

Bronchitis affects the bronchial tubes, while pneumonia affects the lung air sacs. Without treatment, bronchitis can become pneumonia. You’re coughing, you’ve got a fever, and your chest feels ...

The older the patient with pneumonia, the more likely resolution ... computer tomograph of the chest and lung biopsy are needed. Further diagnostic testing can determine the cause for nonresolving ...

The term "pneumonia" describes a group of symptoms that may be caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi. Pneumonia is a severe inflammation ... and sharp chest pain made worse by breathing ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ' recovery from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as a chest X-ray confirmed improvement, two days after doctors declared he’s no longer in imminent danger of death.