#WorldPneumoniaDay
Inyumoniya yabulala abantu abayizigidi ezi-2.5, okuhlanganisa nezingane ezingama-672,000, ngo-2019 kuphela.Imiphumela ehlanganisiwe yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokungqubuzana kubhebhethekisa inkinga ye-pneumonia kuyo yonke impilo - okubeka izigidi ezengeziwe engcupheni yokutheleleka nokufa.Ngo-2021, inani elilinganiselwe lokufa kwabantu ngenxa yezifo zokuphefumula, okubandakanya i-COVID-19, liyizigidi eziyisi-6.
Ukuhlolwa kwe-x-ray kuzovumela udokotela wakho ukuthi abone amaphaphu akho, inhliziyo nemithambo yegazi ukuze akusize anqume ukuthi unenyumoniya yini.Lapho echaza i-x-ray, isazi se-radiologist sizobheka amachashaza amhlophe emaphashini (abizwa ngokuthi ama-infiltrates) akhomba isifo.Lokhu kuhlolwa kuzosiza futhi ekunqumeni ukuthi unazo yini izinkinga ezihlobene nenyumoniya njengamathumba noma ukuphuma kwe-pleural (uketshezi oluzungeze amaphaphu).