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Thank you for your question. I understand your worries regarding your condition.

For your information, pneumonia caused by infection of either bacteria, viruses, or fungal. You can easily get infected if you living or working with someone that suffer from pneumonia. If you worried that your workplace dealing with chemical substances lead to pneumonia, it’s actually does but not always and rarely diagnosed.

There are some risk factors to catch pneumonia easily:

• Infants less than 2 years old
• Ages 65 years and above
• Chronic medical conditions
• Recent hospitalization
• Certain medications such as steroid
• Weak immune system
• People who’ve been exposed to lung irritants, such as pollution, fumes, and certain chemicals

There are many types of pneumonia, you need to ask your doctor the details of your condition as they know better with your blood’s result. Do follow your doctor instructions in order to treat your condition.

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