Q: If you think you might have pneumonia, it is important to treat it promptly before it gets worse. The symptoms may worsen gradually over several days or suddenly be very severe from the onset. Signs of pneumonia include: Fever Sweating and shivering Discomfort in your chest when you cough or breathe, particularly breathing when breathing deeply Fast, shallow breathing. This may occur only when you are physically active. Fatigue Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. These are common symptoms in infants. Coughing. You may even cough up yellow, green, rust-colored, or pink and bloody mucus. Headache Lack of hunger White fingernails Confusion. This commonly occurs in elderly people who have pneumonia. A lower body temperature than normal. This is most likely to occur in the elderly or people with weakened immune systems. Joint pain, rib pain, upper abdominal pain, or back pain Accelerated heartbeat All people who think they may have pneumonia should go immediately to the doctor. Pneumonia can be deadly if left untreated. You are particularly likely to be vulnerably to rapidly developing a severe infection if you belong to one of the following high risk groups: Children younger than two People over 65 People with other health conditions such as HIV/AIDS, heart, or lung problems People getting chemotherapy People taking medications which suppress their immune systems This will help him understand how long you have been sick and how severe your infection might be. Your doctor may want to know: If you feel out of breath or breathe rapidly even when you are resting How long you have been coughing and whether it is getting worse If you are coughing up mucus that is yellow, green, or pink If your chest hurts when you inhale or exhale The doctor may ask you to lift up or remove your shirt so he or she can use a stethoscope to listen to your lungs. This doesn't hurt, and the only discomfort you may feel is because the stethoscope often feels cold when it touches the bare skin. The doctor will ask you to take deep breaths while he or she listens to the front and back of your chest. If your lungs rattle or crackle, this is a sign of an infection. Your doctor may tap on your chest while listening. This can help detect lungs that are filled with fluid. There are several things the doctor can do to identify if you have a lung infection and what exactly might be causing it. Possible tests include: A chest X-ray. This will help the doctor to see if you have an infection in your lungs and if so, which side it is in and how widespread it is. This test does not hurt. The doctor will use X-rays to create an image of your lungs. You may be asked to wear a lead apron to protect your reproductive organs. If you think you might be pregnant, tell your doctor, because X-rays may be dangerous for your baby. Blood or sputum cultures. During this test, the doctor will either take blood or ask you to cough sputum into a vial. The blood or sputum will be tested in the lab to determine exactly what pathogen is causing the infection. If you are already in the hospital and/or your health is severely compromised, other tests may be done. This could include a test of your arterial blood gases to determine if your lungs are supplying your blood with enough oxygen, a CT scan if you are in the ER, or thoracentesis, during which a highly trained specialist uses a needle to go through the skin and muscles of your chest and remove a small amount of fluid for testing.
A: Identify symptoms of pneumonia. Go to the doctor if you think you have pneumonia. Describe your symptoms to your doctor. Let the doctor listen to your lungs. Get additional tests if your doctor recommends it.

Q: Use rubber gloves, eye protection, older clothes that cover your arms, and a smock. If you don't put on safety protection, you could potentially hurt yourself. This is especially true for eye protection, as you may get grout in your eyes without it. Make sure the room you're working in is properly ventilated. To do this, open nearby windows and doors. If you have a bathroom vent, turn it on. Use painters tape to secure plastic to the area directly underneath where you'll be working with grout. In addition, place plastic next to the portion of the wall you'll be working on. This will protect these areas from grout spills or stains. If you just laid new tile, you'll want to remove the spacers you used to keep them in a grid pattern. Use needle-nose pliers to remove them. In the end, if you forget to remove them, you'll wind up putting grout right over them. This could cause your grout to decay rapidly in the future. Read the directions on your grout product. Then, pour the appropriate amount of water into a bucket. Add the amount of grout powder the package specifies. Use a trowel or a paddle mixer attached to a drill to mix the grout until it has a consistency like toothpaste. After mixing your grout, let it sit for about 10 minutes before using it. If your grout seems liquidy, add a little more powder. If your grout seems very thick, add a little bit of water. Alternatively, purchase pre-mixed grout to ensure it has the right consistency. Take your float/trowel and lightly mix the grout every 15 minutes. Do this by moving your float in a circular fashion through the grout. If you don't mix the grout regularly, it will wind up setting and you won't be able to work with it.
A: Put on safety protection. Tape plastic covers to surrounding walls and floors. Remove tile spacers from in-between the tiles. Mix your grout until it is smooth and consistent. Mix your grout every 15 minutes.

Q: Tip the bucket toward you first, then drag some of the grout toward you and along the side of the bucket. This will give you a "working batch" of grout to use at first. Scrape the float tightly against the bucket to make sure you get a decent amount to work with. A grout float is a flat, handled tool used to apply grout. You can find a grout float at any hardware store. This technique also prevents any grout from spilling onto the floor when you go to take some out of the bucket. first by pressing down on the joints. Position the float at a 45-degree angle along a joint, press the float into the joint, then run it along the line to fill in the joint. Turn the float onto its side to scrape off the large globs of excess grout on your tiles. Repeat this process to fill in all of the grouts you intend to fill on your wall. Just don't allow too much time to pass before you do some cleanup work. Do not apply grout to any expansion joints. These are the gaps at the edge of a floor or wall, and especially at spots exposed to water, such as the edge of a bathtub. It's important to start by grouting your wall tiles instead of your floor tiles, since you'd have to walk on top of your newly grouted floor tiles in order to reach the wall. Use a damp sponge to gently wipe any remaining excess grout off of the surface of the tiles. For best results, clean the sponge after each short swipe. Wipe in a circular motion to most effectively clean the tiles. Press down on the sponge with your index finger as you run it along the grout lines to smooth them out. You don't have to press down too hard; your goal is just to make sure all of your grout lines are at consistent heights and depths. It's fine to use the same sponge that you used in the previous step, so long as it's been thoroughly cleaned first. Stepping aside for half an hour should allow the grout and water on the surface of the tiles to form a dry, easily removed haze. For best results, use a microfiber towel to wipe off this haze. You can also use a cotton towel, but microfiber towels work best for quickly and cleanly removing the haze from the wall. Now that you've completed the tiles on the wall, it's a good time to grout any tiles on the floor that you need to grout as well. The process of grouting the floor will be the same as grouting the wall. Just make sure you're ok with not walking inside this room for 24 hours, since this is how long it will take the grout on the floor to cure.
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Load your grout float by scraping it against the side of the bucket. Apply the grout to the wall tiles Allow the grout to dry for 20 minutes, then clean the tiles with a sponge. Use a sponge to smooth out any high or uneven grout lines. Let the grout dry for about 30 minutes, then wipe the tiles with a towel. Repeat these steps to grout your floor, if necessary.