{"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":"Why Adults 50+ Need to Be Aware and Prevent Pneumococcal Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\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 internist with Medical Offices of Manhattan in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>This bacteria can also cause sinus and ear infections, as well as serious and sometimes life-threatening complications like bacteremia (bloodstream infection) and meningitis (infection of your brain and spinal cord). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/lung\/cm\/pneumococcal-disease-after-50\">Lee el art\u00edculo completo. <\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalofficesofmanhattan.com\/es\/our-team\/dr-yoshua-quinones\/\">\u00bfLe gustar\u00eda programar una cita con el Dr. Qui\u00f1ones?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why 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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