Love playing in rain? Be cautious of Pneumonia!

“Get inside before you catch pneumonia!” –This what our mom says when we are out in rain.

Playing in rain is great fun, but it can cause pneumonia, which refers to an infection in the lungs. Caused by a variety of microorganisms, like viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, this illness may not seem to be harmful, but can prove to be life threatening sometimes.

However, the cause behind pneumonia cannot necessarily occur because of the aforementioned microorganisms only. In some cases, it can be caused because of viruses that include adenoviruses, rhinovirus, parainfluenza virus (which cause croup), influenza virus (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Pneumonia often begins after 2 or 3 days of a cold or sore throat. It usually affects the upper respiratory system of body. Common signs and symptoms of pneumonia as described by  doctors of urgent care clinic includes: fever, chills, cough, nasal congestion, unusual rapid breathing, breathing with grunting, wheezing sounds, nasal flaring, vomiting, chest pain, abdominal pain, decreased activity, loss of appetite, dehydration and gray color of the lips and fingernails.

Different people have different signs or symptoms of pneumonia. For example: someone with pneumonia in the lower part of the lungs near the abdomen might face fever, abdominal pain and vomiting but no breathing issues. While kids with pneumonia will fall sick, and might face onset of a high fever and unusual rapid breathing.

As compared to elders, kids are more prone to Pneumonia. Moreover, one cannot easily judge whether they are suffering from this illness or not because symptoms are rarely seen in kids. Majority of the time, kids are wheezing, if they come in contact with Pneumonia.

As discussed above people of different age group will have different symptoms of Pneumonia; therefore, clues behind the illness are also different in every case. For example, in older kids and adolescents, pneumonia can be caused due to Mycoplasma, which is also referred as walking pneumonia. This virus causes sore throat, headache and rashes which are the usual symptoms of pneumonia found in majority of people, if came in contact with this illness.

Therefore, a sincere advice to all people is that one must stay cautious about pneumonia, if wanting to enjoy rain as well. After having fun, one must definitely keep a regular check on their health, if any symptom of minor body ache also happens to occurs then one must immediately contact the specialized doctor.