#WorldPneumoniaDay
Inyumoniya yathatha ubomi bezigidi ezi-2.5, kubandakanya abantwana abangama-672,000, ngo-2019 kuphela.Iziphumo ezidityanisiweyo zobhubhani we-COVID-19, utshintsho lwemozulu kunye nongquzulwano luphembelela ingxaki yenyumoniya kubo bonke ubomi - ibeka izigidi ezingakumbi emngciphekweni wosulelo kunye nokufa.Ngo-2021, umthwalo oqikelelwayo wokusweleka ngenxa yosulelo lokuphefumla, kubandakanya i-COVID-19, zizigidi ezi-6.
Uvavanyo lwe-x-reyi luya kuvumela ugqirha wakho ukuba abone imiphunga yakho, intliziyo kunye nemithambo yegazi ukukunceda ukufumanisa ukuba unenyumoniya.Xa itolika i-x-reyi, i-radiologist iya kukhangela amabala amhlophe emiphungeni (ebizwa ngokuba yi-infiltrates) echonga usulelo.Olu viwo luya kunceda kwakhona ukufumanisa ukuba ngaba unazo naziphi na iingxaki ezinxulumene nenyumoniya ezifana namathumba okanye i-pleural effusions (ulwelo olujikeleze imiphunga).