Eli5: what’s the difference between pneumonia and asthma?
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Pneumonia is lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs ( double pneumonia ), one lung ( single pneumonia ), or only certain lobes ( lobar pneumonia ).
Asthma is a respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing. It usually results from an allergic reaction or other forms of hypersensitivity.
Those are definitions of course. Essentially pneumonia is an infection caused by bacteria or virus that results in inflammation and the lungs filling with fluid/puss that can solidify.
Asthma is an sort of autoimmune issue where the body over reacts to normally benign stimuli causing spasms and inflammation in the bronchial tubes.
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