Pneumonia is any illness or discomfort caused by inflammation of the air sacks in the lungs.
- Illness is called a disease
- Discomfort is called dis-ease
Inflammation, which is part of the body’s innate immune system, is the dilation of blood vessels to enable the maintenance, repair & rebuilding of new cells and the removal of dead cells. The increased blood flow allows:
- Red blood platelets to provide oxygen
- White blood cells to remove the waste
- Plasma to provide the cellular building materials
Inflammation is a fundamental aspect of the body’s cellular healing maintenance & repair system. The symptoms of inflammation are redness, soreness & swelling, which cause relative discomfort & dis-ease. Suffering the affects of low emotional energy caused by negative thinking increases the pain, discomfort & dis-ease.
When the dis-ease of inflammation is believed to have an external cause, inflammation of the lungs, which is called pneumonia, becomes a disease called pneumonia. This disease is believed to be caused by invading pathogens, which are viral, bacterial or fungal in nature. In the fight to eliminate these invading pathogens, pneumonia is seen as a disease and inflammation is seen as a symptom of the disease, called an infection. By fighting the symptoms of a potential infection, instead of relieving the symptoms of any dis-ease, we are blocking the body’s own self healing ability.
Inflammation cannot be the cause of a disease and be a fundamentally essential part of the healing process. When we confuse a pathogen, believed to be the cause of the disease, with the disease itself; we turn an acutely painful issue into a chronic mental problem.
Pneumonia is either a disease or a dis-ease, not the cause of a disease, which is believed to be a pathogen. When inflammation of the lungs is seen as an infectious disease that disease has been diagnosed as:
- ARS: Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- MERS: Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome
- ARDS: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- CAP: Community Acquired Pneumonia
- HAP: Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
- RSV: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (human orthopneumovirus)
Any of the above acronyms for the syndrome of pneumonia, may be classified as acute, chronic or critical, relative to the severity or intensity of the distress, discomfort or dis-ease of the patient.
The diagnosis & treatment of a patient becomes even more confusing when the dis-ease, which is called a disease, is called a pathogen. The influenza or cold virus is believed to be a pathogen, which causes a disease called the cold or flu. A common cold with acute symptoms of dis-ease can develop into a chronic case of flu, which when critical can be diagnosed as pneumonia.
The Covid-19 corona virus and its various variants are now called SARS-COV2 with variants called alpha, beta, gamma, delta etc. There is no distinction between the dis-ease & the disease and the pathogen which is believed to be causing both. The disease of influenza is believed to be caused by many different pathogenic viruses, commonly called influenza viruses.
The word Pneumonia derives from the Greek word Pneuma, meaning Breath, Spirit or Wind. It is the Holy Spirit in Christian Theology. It is the metaphorical ‘Breath of Life’.
From a physical perspective; pneumonia blocks the passage of life giving oxygen to the cells, from the lungs via the bloodstream. From a spiritual perspective; the body’s life-force energy breathes through the lungs of a healthy body.
Healthy lung maintenance & repair is essential to both the physical and the spiritual vitality of the human body.