In this chest x-ray, the lower half of the right lung (appearing on the left of the image) shows as white, indicating pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs, and can be life-threatening, especially among the elderly and those with serious underlying health conditions.
Pneumonia is usually caused when particular germs - bacteria, viruses or fungi - infect the lungs.
Normally, your body is able to filter most germs out of the air you breathe and stop infections from
