Pneumonia simply means inflammation in the lung.
Healthy lungs are an intricate weave of more than three hundred million tiny air sacs.
When a child has pneumonia, these sacs fill with pus. This illness can be caused by bacteria, viruses, chemical irritants, or foreign bodies. The illness can, however, make a youngster feel miserable with a hacking cough, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle aches and fever. Illnesses caused by this germ are most commonly encountered between the ages of five and fifteen. The infection is spread mostly through droplets in the air, expelled when an infected child or adult blows their nose, sneezes, coughs or talks.