1 One can suffer from a stroke. 2  Tobacco use can cause cancer of the lung, esophagus, larynx, bladder and mouth as well as oral cancer. 3  Smoking can also cause cancer of the pancreas, cervix and that of kidney. 4  Pregnant women who smoke can deliver low weight babies or babies with physical and mental abnormalities. Tobacco use can cause cancer of the lung, esophagus, larynx, bladder and mouth as well as oral cancer. 2  Smoking can also cause cancer of the pancreas, cervix and that of kidney. 3  Pregnant women who smoke can deliver low weight babies or babies with physical and mental abnormalities.
Inflammation is the body's attempt to destroy infection, and causes many of the other symptoms of bacterial pneumonia, including fever and chest pain. The lungs themselves do not have any pain fibers but are surrounded by a membrane called the pleura.
To understand if pneumonia is contagious, you have to understand what pneumonia is and how it affects a person. You also need to know what caused pneumonia in the first place. Pneumonia means there is an inflammation of the lungs. There are actually over 30 different types of pneumonia. It is not one single disease caused by one germ. Pneumonia can be bacterial, viral, fungal, caused by a mycoplasma or even chemicals. The cause of pneumonia determines whether or not it is contagious to someone else.