The patients had been referred with the initial diagnosis foreign body aspiration (80), pneumonia (34), or subglottic laryngitis (1). In 85 patients a foreign body was identified and extracted.

Healthy people will commonly aspirate small amounts of food and other substances into the lungs, but the body’s natural reflexes ... after eating. A chest X-ray can sometimes provide telling evidence ...

“Then you have what we call (micro)aspiration where ... factor of getting pneumonia,” Dr. Khan said. “Also, smoking and heavy alcohol use are known risk factors of getting pneumonia. Diagnosis ...

As noted above, the thing about walking pneumonia that distinguishes it from traditional pneumonia is the relative mildness ...

An influencer who was suffering from cold systems was horrified after doctors discovered a metal spring in her lungs from a ...

Lance Morales, the man accused of killing a 4-month-old baby and his mother in Hartford before running off to Puerto Rico, faced a Connecticut judge Monday. Lance Morales, the man accused of ...

As inflammation gets worse, it can become harder to get oxygen into the bloodstream and the rest of the body—making it difficult to breathe. Many germs can lead to a pneumonia infection ...

The CDC says Walking Pneumonia is on the rise — specifically in young children, ages two to four. According to the CDC, the percentage grew from 1% to 7.2%. Symptoms include cold and flu like ...

generally go away on their own—if the body can fight them off. But any type of pneumonia can be dangerous, particularly in people older than age 85, who are four times more likely to acquire it ...

America’s current foreign assistance is untethered to our desired foreign policy outcomes. In most cases, American aid does not promote our interests abroad because its strategic purpose is ill ...