Pneumonia during pregnancy

abstract:
pneumonia during pregnancy has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality compared with nonpregnant women. The goal of this article is to review current literature describing pneumonia in pregnancy. This review will identify maternal risk factors, potential complications, and prenatal outcomes associated with pneumonia and describe the contemporary management of the varied causes of pneumonia in pregnancy
Overview: 
Introduction:
Pneumonia it is a severe condition that occurs as the result of a lung infection. 
The Pneumonia that occurs during pregnancy is called as the maternal pneumonia.
In many people, pneumonia begins with the a common cold or the flu, which is the and then spreads to the lungs.
The  Pneumonia can be the life-threatening if it is the left untreated, andthe  pregnant women are the more vulnerable to the complications.
In the pregnancy, there can be a higher risk of the pneumonia. This is because being pregnant and the naturally the.     weakens your immune system, which is the making you more susceptible to  the infections and illness.
If the pneumonia progresses and the  causes complications, it can pose a serious risk to both mother and baby – in severe cases, it can cause premature birth and low birth weight. For this reason, it’s important for pregnant women to get medical advice if they develop any symptoms of pneumonia.
Symptoms
It is important to be familiar with the symptoms of pneumonia during pregnancy and seek treatment immediately. Common symptoms include:
cold and flu-like symptoms, such as a sore throat, a headache, and body aches
difficulty breathing or rapid breathing
extreme tiredness
a fever or having chills
chest pain
a cough that worsens
How is pneumonia diagnosed during pregnancy?
A doctor can give you a diagnosis of maternal pneumonia. Your doctor may:
listen to your lungs
take an x-ray of your lungs (chest x-rays are generally deemed safe during pregnancy)
assess your symptoms and health history
take a sputum sample

Management:
Common treatments for viral pneumonia are also deemed safe to use during pregnancy. Anti-viral medications can treat pneumonia in the early stages. Respiratory therapy may also be used.
If you have bacterial pneumonia, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics. Antibiotics cannot treat viral infections.
Your doctor may also recommend over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers to reduce fever and pain. This can include acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Getting sleep and drinking fluids are also essential in your recovery. Don’t take any new medications or supplements without asking your doctor first.
Can pneumonia cause complications during pregnancy?
Severe or untreated cases of pneumonia can lead to a variety of complications. Oxygen levels in the body may plummet because the lungs can’t produce enough to send around the body. A condition called empyema can develop, which is when fluids accumulate around the lungs. Sometimes the infection can spread from out of the lungs to other parts of the body.
Pneumonia may also cause complications with babies. These include:
premature birth
low birth weight
miscarriage
respiratory failure
When left untreated, maternal pneumonia may be fatal.
Conclusion:
Women with pneumonia during pregnancy had significantly higher risk of LBW, preterm birth, SGA, low Apgar scores infants, CS, and preeclampsia/eclampsia, compared to unaffected women.

The Important question about  the pneumonia in pregnancy?
Question 1. What are the symptoms of the pneumonia??
Question 2.  How is it pneumonia treated in pregnant woman??
Question 3. It is the Pneumonia vaccine safe for pregnant women??
Question 4. How to avoid pneumonia in the pregnancy??

The Pneumonia it  is a condition that  affectts the lungs, and the causing coughinng, a fever, and difficulty  in breathing. For the many people, the symptoms are the mild enough that they can be managed at the  home, but for some cases, the  pneumonia requires the hospital care.

In the pregnancy, therre can be the  a highher risk of the pneumonia. And  This is bcz the  being pregnant it is naturally weakens your immune system, and the making you the more susceptiible to the  infections and  the illness.

If the pneumonia is progresses and the causes and thecomplications, 
Are it can be  a serious risk to the both mother and the  baby –
in seveere cases, 
it can cause the premature birth and  the low birth weight LBW. For that is the reason, it’ is imp because for the pregnant women is to the get the medical advice and  if they develop any symptomss of  the pneumonia.

And the pneumonia it is usually caused by the  bacterial infections, and the but sometimes it can be a complications of the  viral illness like as  the flu or COVID-19.

The Symptoms may be come on quite quickly day or more than two day or may take the plonger to develop. There may be a period of mild illnesss, and after which the symptoms are progress and the much worsen.

The symptoms and the characteristics of the Pneumonia??

•The Cough may be dry or may be wet and the  produce to the  phlegm that is Yellow, Green, or Bloodyy and sometimes difficulties in breathing .
•and the Breathlessness and even when you are not moving.
•Fever and chills
•Fast the  heartbeat 
•Generally we feeling unwell
•Loss of appetiite
•And Chest pain that the worsens when you breathe or the  cough
•sometimes you mightt also be  vomit, and feel very tired, and  the experiences the  headaches and the joint pain.

If we talked about the treatment for the pneumonia dependss on the cause. 
If your doctor suspectss the a bacterial infection, which is they can be prescribe the  antibiotics. Like as Penicillin is oftenn Prescribed for the pneumonia, and this is the usually a safe for the pregnant women, therefore your treatmennt will have to be the decided by your General practitioner or the  hospital doctor.

If the your doctor suspectss a viral infections has caused your pneumonia, then they may be prescribe for the some antiviral medications.....

•Otherwise, the treatment for the mild pneumoniaa  is to rest at the home, and drinks the plenty of fluids, and  the take over the counter painkillers. For pregnant women, paracetamol PCM is thebest – like as the ibuprofen normally iis  not recommended  to unless it is been for  prescribeed by the your doctor.

References:
Goodnight, William H. MD; Soper, David E. MD. Pneumonia in pregnancy. Critical Care Medicine 33(10):p S390-S397, 
October 2005. | DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000182483.24836.66

Medically reviewed by Holly Ernst, P.A. — By Bethany Cadman on March 18, 2018

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Medically reviewed by Michael Weber, M.D. — By Kristeen Cherney on March 15, 2017