Kana munhu ari kurwara zvakakwana kuti anoda kurapwa muchipatara, chirwere chepfupa chepfupa chinokurudzirwa. Zvawanikwa hazvienderani nguva dzose nehutano hwechirwere uye hazviparadzanisi zvakavimbika pakati pehutachiona hwehutachiona uye hutachiona hwehutachiona. Zviratidzo zveX-ray zvepneumonia zvinogona kuiswa se lobar pneumonia, bronchopneumonia (inozivikanwawo se lobular pneumonia), uye interstitial pneumonia. Latterial, nharaunda-acquired pneumonia inoratidza kazhinji kusimbiswa kweimwe yemapapu mapapu, inozivikanwa se lobar pneumonia. Zvisinei, zvawanikwa zvinogona kusiyana, uye mamwe maitiro akajairika mune mamwe marudzi epneumonia. Sezvo munhu ari kurwara zvakakwana kuti anoda kuiswa muchipatara, chirwere chepfupa chepfupa chinokurudzirwa kuti chiitwe.
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