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for years, if not a lifetime (fig.2.5.). A case of pneumonia that has run its course does not
have an increased risk of relapse. In this sense, it is generally a ‘self-limiting’ illness.
The signs and symptoms of acute lobar pneumonia show a deviation from the normal similar
to what we find in the pathophysiology (table 2.2.): There is, on all levels, an intensified
dissolution process, the reaction to stimuli is decreased and normal consolidating processes
are held up.
Fig. 3.2. The dynamic balance in health and in pneumonia