{"id":245236,"date":"2026-08-27T00:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalofficesofmanhattan.com\/uncategorized\/why-adults-50-need-to-be-aware-and-prevent-pneumococcal-disease\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T04:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:45:52","slug":"why-adults-50-need-to-be-aware-and-prevent-pneumococcal-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalofficesofmanhattan.com\/es\/news\/why-adults-50-need-to-be-aware-and-prevent-pneumococcal-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Por qu\u00e9 los adultos mayores de 50 a\u00f1os deben estar conscientes y prevenir la enfermedad neumoc\u00f3cica"},"content":{"rendered":"

La enfermedad neumoc\u00f3cica es una infecci\u00f3n bacteriana que puede afectar diferentes partes del cuerpo. Si es mayor de 50 a\u00f1os, puede representar una amenaza mayor para su salud de lo que se imagina.<\/p>\n

\u201cEl hecho de que lleve \u2018neumoc\u00f3cica\u2019 en su nombre no significa necesariamente que solo cause neumon\u00eda\u201d, afirma el Dr. Yoshua Quinones, internista certificado por la junta m\u00e9dica de Medical 91桃色 en la ciudad de Nueva York.<\/p>\n

Esta bacteria tambi\u00e9n puede causar infecciones de los senos paranasales y de los o\u00eddos, as\u00ed como complicaciones graves y a veces potencialmente mortales como bacteriemia (infecci\u00f3n del torrente sangu\u00edneo) y meningitis (infecci\u00f3n del cerebro y la m\u00e9dula espinal). Lee el art\u00edculo completo. <\/p>\n

<\/a>\u00bfLe gustar\u00eda programar una cita con el Dr. Qui\u00f1ones?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pneumococcal disease is a bacterial infection that can affect different parts of your body. If you\u2019re over the age of 50, it may be a bigger threat to your health than you realize. \u201cJust because it has \u2018pneumococcal\u2019 in its name does not necessarily mean it only causes pneumonia,\u201d says Yoshua Quinones, MD, a board-certified […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":245282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[455,457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Adults 50+ Need to Be Aware and Prevent Pneumococcal Disease<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pneumococcal disease can pose serious health risks after age 50. 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