Warsaw City Hall has launched a new three-year health program, "PneumoOnko," which provides free pneumococcal vaccinations for oncology patients who are residents of the capital. - The vaccines protect against the risks posed by infection with these dangerous bacteria, which is insanely important in the case of cancer, says Professor Beata Jagielska, director of the National Institute of Oncology in Warsaw, which is one of the hospitals participating in the program.
One of the most dangerous complications in people with secondary immunodeficiency caused by, among other things, cancer is pneumonia, most often caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus. Pneumonia caused by pneumococci generally presents with fever above 38 degrees Celsius, shortness of breath, coughing, with expectoration of often purulent secretions. There is often an accelera...
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