They are your main defense against infections. People with neutropenia get infections easily and often. Most of the infections occur in the lungs, mouth and throat, sinuses and skin. Painful mouth ulcers, gum infections, ear infections and periodontal disease are common. Severe, life-threatening infections may occur.
Bats live in a variety of habitats, including wetlands, fields, forests, cities, suburbs, and agricultural areas. They usually feed in areas where insects swarm, such as over water and agricultural fields, in forest clearings and along forest edges, and around street lights.
1 In the foothills of the Andes Mountains lives a bat the size of a raspberry. In Singapore, thereâs a nematode worm that dwells only in the lungs of the changeable lizard. 2  The bat and the worm have something in common: They are both new to science.