rant: pneumonia

[IMADreamer]

So that's why I've felt like [expletive] for two weeks. I've been surprisingly productive considering the fact, but my back hurt so bad this morning I had to do something. So I went to the doctor, got x rays, and the doctor hasn't told me yet but the radiologist is a friend and she told me I have pneumonia. The doctor already suspected that so he started me on medicine.

How does one get pneumonia anyway?

[redbirdjazzz]

Basically, you get fluid into your lungs and develop an infection.

[slide_into_first]

You breathed in an unfriendly bacteria or virus that eluded several layers of defense, deked out the goalie and scored a hit on your lower airways. Usually the defense wins, sometimes not. You have mucus lining the airways, tiny hairs called cilia that push secretions upward so you'll spit them out, and white blood cells to destroy any invaders. It doesn't help if you live near a lot of chicken coops.

[IMADreamer]

Thanks for the explanation. I seriously had no idea.

No chicken coups btw. We farm corn and soybeans. No animals.