Article: WINTER ILLS CAN ALSO HIT HEALTHY.(Living)

Byline: Catherine O'Neill Knight-Ridder

When pneumonia strikes, it hits hard. Fever. Shortness of breath. Difficulty breathing. A racking cough. Chest pain. Chills. Although popularly considered an illness that primarily attacks the elderly or those with compromised immune systems, pneumonia does occur in normally healthy people. And it's not uncommon; about 3 million people a year will develop it.

"Pneumonia is an infection involving the lower respiratory tract," explains Theodore Marcy, M.D., a pulmonary specialist at St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center and an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. "There's inflammation in the lungs that fills ...

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