[and] see if you've had any contacts that may have had this type of pneumonia. They'll do a physical exam to listen to your lungs, listen for what we call rales and rhonchi fluid in the lungs.

People with bacterial pneumonia can have wheezing, rales, rhonchi, and pleural rub. People with viral pneumonia may only have a dry cough. Congestion in your lungs is usually due to mucus or swelling.

The pneumonia became apparent between the second ... There were coarse rales and rhonchi over the lower left side of the chest posteriorly. The heart was not enlarged; the sounds were of good ...

An expert tells PEOPLE how to manage the “highly infectious” form of pneumonia, including antibiotics and a home remedy for coughing Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Pneumonia is a type of lung infection. It can infect one or both of the lungs. It happens when air sacs in the lungs fill up with bacteria or pus. Different types of bacteria can cause pneumonia.

Some hospitals in the U.S. are seeing an increase in RSV and higher levels of "walking pneumonia" among young children despite overall respiratory illness activity remaining low nationally.

The CDC says bacterial pneumonia cases have increased in the last six months. Bacterial pneumonia cases are on the rise in young children, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of mycoplasma pneumonia are surging across the U.S., especially among young kids. Preeti Sharma is a pediatric pulmonologist who has seen ...

Cases of walking pneumonia are on the rise in northeastern Wisconsin. On Oct. 18, the state Department of Health Services issued a health alert noting the rise in pneumonia cases in young children.

Pneumonia is the most frequent cause of nonobstetric infection in the pregnant patient. Although infrequently seen in this setting, pneumonia constitutes a serious complication of pregnancy, and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Intensive care units at Cleveland-area hospitals have been at near capacity for weeks, and part of the reason may be a surge in pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses.