Overview

Pneumonia is an infection which attacks the air sacs in the lungs, filling them with pus or fluid.

Common symptoms

Symptoms include cough, chills, fever, and shortness of breath.

Treatment options

Pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics.

 

Care team

Profiles

Airn Etherton, FNP-BC

Certified Nurse Practitioner Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Doreen Wilmert, FNP-BC

Certified Nurse Practitioner Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Vidhya Prakash, MD

Infectious Disease Specialist Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Christopher Gleason, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Nichole Mirocha, DO

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Christine Albers-Schlichting, DMSc, PA-C

Certified Physician Assistant Family Medicine
303 E. Bidwell Taylorville, IL 62568
Profiles

Carrie Tucker, FNP-BC, BSN, MSN

Certified Nurse Practitioner Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Sana Waqar, MD

Infectious Diseases Specialist Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Lauri Lopp, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Vidya Sundareshan, MD

Infectious Diseases Specialist Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Curtis Johnston, DO

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Careyana Brenham, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Zainab Alnafoosi, MD

Infectious Diseases Physician Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Cynthia Thomas, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Herman Leung, DO

Physician Family Medicine
612 N. 11th St. Quincy, IL 62301
Profiles

Omar Abdulfattah, MD

Pulmonary Medicine Physician Internal Medicine | Pulmonary, and Critical Care
751 N. Rutledge St. 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Rachel Rahman, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Christopher Smyre, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Jayna Patel, DO

Physician Family Medicine
303 E. Bidwell Taylorville, IL 62568
Profiles

Maryann Van Ryn, DNP, FNP-C

APRN Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Amanda Krus-Johnston, DO

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Michal Dynda, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Janet Albers, MD

Physician Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Tracy Aldridge, MD

Family Medicine
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Emily Schafer, NP-C

Nurse Practitioner Internal Medicine | Pulmonary
751 N. Rutledge St. 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62702

 

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