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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / February 2006I have Pnuemonia
I just got Pneumonia and was wondering where I got it from. Someone was telling me since I got it once, I'll be getting it again, and again. Is that true? >I just got Pneumonia and was wondering where I got it from. > > Someone was telling me since I got it once, I'll be getting it > again, > and again. Is that true? The someone who told you that, probably received treatment that didn't completely eradicate the bacteria that caused the pneumonia. I know a lot of people who have had pneumonia once and never again - and anywhere from five to fifty years have elapsed since they had it. In other cases, like with ME, for example, I had pneumonia five times, and I'm 51. Sometimes, with this kind of bacteria in your body, you can end up with asthma or, it's thought, a number of other autoimmune diseases (see www.immed.org and www.asthmastory.com). If the person who told you this gets sick a lot, the lingering bacteria that can live in the tissue of your lungs and nose, etc., is the cause. Once I was treated with the right antibiotic, at the right dose, for the appropriate period of time, the bacteria was eradicated, the asthma was resolved, and my constant illnesses stopped. That's my long-winded way of saying that it depends, and there's no way of knowing until you see how your health is following your bout with pneumonia. thanks for that info. I'm 41 and have never been really sick before, just colds and flus from time to time. I guess getting in better shape would help as well, i'm 5'10" and 181 lbs. How idd I get it? > thanks for that info. I'm 41 and have never been really sick > before, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > How idd I get it? Pneumonia is relatively easy to catch. You get it by breathing infected droplets when someone around you sneezes or coughs. Or, you could have had an illness like a cold or bronchitis, that eventually moved into the lungs, leaving you with pneumonia. NorthShore ... What kind of meds did you take? Mike 3 weeks ago I got headaches and was laid up in bed for the week-end. I was cold, then hot. I shivered. I went to work that week taking Nyquil / Dyquil to help the symptoms. I was back in bed the following week-end, spending the bulk of it on my back. The cold seemed to be moving down as all of a sudden my throat was real sore. Coughing hurt really bad. I kept taking those same meds through the next week as the cold moved down to my lungs. I could hear/feel a vibration in my lungs if I took a larger volume of air. Again, I laid up in bed the week-end and called my doctor for an appt on the following Tuesday. The Dr listened at my lungs said at once I had Pneumonia, calling others in to listen in to it as well. My O2 count was 99 so they administered the astma-like breathing treatment and gave me a shot of Biaxin XL and same pills to last a number of days. I have been home all week resting and taking the anti-biotic. I seem to have more energy today ( after 3 days ) and seem to be getting stronger. I am concerned that I get all the bacteria out of my body so I can start exercising more. How are they going to ever know that the bacteria is completely gone? They didn't take an xray because they said all it would prove is that I have Pneumonia and they knew that already. Only thing I was thinking is that if they take an xray later, they don't have anything to compare it with. I have a follow-up Dr appoint in another 11 days. Does it look like I am getting the right care? >3 weeks ago I got headaches and was laid up in bed for the >week-end. I [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Does it look like I am getting the right care? First, at the risk of sounding sexist, don't be male and stop taking your antibiotics before you're done with them. Secondly, if you feel you're still coughing stuff up at the end of ten days or two weeks on them, call your doctor and see if he'll give you another round. I don't know if he will or not, but it couldn't hurt. If you're still feeling not quite 100% a couple of months from now, the bacteria may not have been resolved. If you then start having problems, such as shortness of breath or you start getting sick a lot, or colds result in secondary infections like sinus infections or bronchitis, or if you're coughing all the time, it's likely that the bacteria hasn't been completely eradicated. It's unclear if you posted here because you have asthma, or because you have pneumonia and didn't know where else to post, but if you don't have asthma, and months from now you're told you do have it, then know it was this bout that more than likely caused it. Now don't panic about this, most people have pneumonia and go on their merry way, but in the event that's not the case with you, then know there's something you can do about it. The treatment I had was not for an acute infection, which is what you have, it was for a chronic infection, meaning I had no fever, there were no symptoms to speak of, but I'd been exposed to mycoplasma and chlamydia pneumoniae in the past, both were not eradicated with brief rounds of antibiotics, and that resulted in asthma and other complications. The treatment is outlined in Dr. Hahn's .pdf file on the homepage of www.asthmastory.com on the bottom of the left column. What effect would bundling up in layers of clothing, thereby raising the body temperature, have? And what effect might 1000 mg of Vitamin C have? There any possibility that pneumonia could be defeated in one day (and only one day)? Jim Carlock Post replies to the newsgroup. >There any possibility that pneumonia could be > defeated in one day (and only one day)? No, I don't think so. "Jim Carlock" asked: >There any possibility that pneumonia could be > defeated in one day (and only one day)? "NorthShoreCEO" <NorthShoreCEO@aol.com> replied: > No, I don't think so. Is it highly contagious? I remember getting extremily ill while in high school, something spread around like wildfire and anyone that got whatever it was, was forced to stay at home and not come back to school until the symptoms disappeared. In fact, the school recommended the students stayed home for a full week. Does pneumonia work that way or were they just sending us home for the flue? It's been such a long time, and I think that it was the flue that did me in that one day. I stayed at home, raised my body temperature even higher than it already was, bundled up, covered up with multiple blankets (I felt horrible), drank lots of fluids, doubled up on my Vitamin C and sweated it out. The next morning I felt great and went back to school. I was hospitalized with a collapsed lung once, but I'm not sure that it was pneumonia in that case. I lean in the direction that "collapsed lung" runs synonymous to "pneumonia" as so many times I've heard of someone with pneumonia ending up a pneumothorax. It could have been asthma that caused the collapsed lung in my case. Jim Carlock Post replies to the newsgroup. > "Jim Carlock" asked: . > Is it highly contagious? It's very contagious, but people with weakened immune systems, lung disease, children, elderly, seem to be the most susceptible. I remember getting extremily ill while in > high school, something spread around like wildfire and anyone > that got whatever it was, was forced to stay at home and not > come back to school until the symptoms disappeared. In fact, > the school recommended the students stayed home for a full > week. Does pneumonia work that way or were they just sending > us home for the flue? I would have no way of knowing what they were sending you home for. It's been such a long time, and I think that > it was the flue that did me in that one day. I stayed at home, > raised [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > fluids, doubled up on my Vitamin C and sweated it out. The next > morning I felt great and went back to school. I doubt you had pneumonia. > I was hospitalized with a collapsed lung once, but I'm not sure > that it was pneumonia in that case. I lean in the direction [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Jim Carlock > Post replies to the newsgroup. |
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