Pneumonia or the flu
Common Questions and Answers about Pneumonia or the flu
pneumonia
The flu (influenza) itself only lasts 10 to 14 days, but you may have developed a pneumonia on top of it. OR it was the flu but was another infection which likely has a severe bronchitis or pneumonia with it - like walking pneumonia.
After a month of bringing up phlegm, you need to see a doctor and probably have a chest X-ray. Please be evaluated!
You are on an MS Forum. Do you have MS also? If so, you are welcome to stay and be a part, but get seen by a doctor! 'Kay??
s test results, he stopped at the xray of his lungs and asked us if we saw the shadow on his lower right lobe. We told him that was from the flu/pneumonia he had 4 months earlier. Dr said, "Ok, that answers that" and moved on. Told his nurse to make a note to have another xray taken at a later date to see how it looked then. That note was made but no mention of why the shadow was there in the first place.
Dec 6th the follow up xray was taken. Shadow still there.
/ poor little gut
My doctor asked, I have never gotten one so am not going to start now, but I have also never gotten the flu (the real flu). She did say it can be life threatening to the baby if I got it, then said but it can be life threatening to you too. I have never heard anything about it preventing any other diseases, I suppose if you actually got it and the baby got sick it could have some kind of adverse affect, but I have never had a doc say it can cause this or that if you don't.
I was tested for the flu and I did no have it, Even the the lady that give me the updraft treament said she could here me whizz across the room that night, told me she had nevr heard such.
The Dr at that ER just shook his head , what could he say? He is the one that told me that I had the pneumonia and did EXrays and there it was big as life in there. Its been my asthma all a long. If the people at the first ER had listen I wouldnt have this as bad as I do now, Im sure I would be well by now.
These complications can include dehydration, ear or sinus infections, and bacterial or viral pneumonia, which can fill the air sacs in the lungs with pus or fluid, making it difficult to breathe and depriving older patients of adequate oxygen. In some cases, pneumonia may be asymptomatic, but it is still contagious if it results from a bacterial or viral infection.
My problem is I felt fine other than a productive cough prior to taking the mucinex so is this feeling from the mucinex or am i developing pneumonia? Has anyone who has taken mucinex while pregnant felt this way?? Sorry for the overly long question, thanks in advance for any advice. Oh and of course OB an Primary doc's office are both closed so i can't call until tomorrow. And Baby is still pretty active so I don't think it affected her.
Coughing that is dry but sometimes brings up phlegm, chills, horrible body aches, NO fever, and sinus pain that I can feel in my teeth. Earlier in the week what began as a cold or sinus problem progressed into body chills, aches and a general malaise and feeling of having the flu. However, as lousy as I feel I dont have even a slight fever, though the body aches make me feel like I have 103.
I got the H1N1 vaccine last April, 2010. Now its Jan 2011.
For the over sixty crowd the flu shot and the pneumonia shot are probably a good idea. That being said the injections come in two varieties. The "multi-dose" vial, which is used by the drug stores and most hospitals (it contains mercury preservative), and the "single-dose" vial, which has a short shelf life, is much more expensive, and contains no preservative. I get the single-dose type, which is always a problem.
t get walking pneumonia unless you are run down from the flu or something else. But since others have it you might have contracted it from them. Try to say away from the flu if you can. None of us are immune even with the vaccine. It has mutated from the strain in the vaccine. So I'm not going to buffets and I'm using those hand sanitizers and wiping down doors knobs etc.
Unfortunately, pain related to the heart is not easily differentiated from chest pain or discomfort from respiratory, esophogeal, or the chest's skeletal configuration.
Even if the pain does not return tha would not indicate there is no heart problem. The cause could be the heart muscle from viral infection, medication, etc. or it could be a spasm of the coronary artery that temporarily shut off circulation of oxygenated blood, etc. Worst case scenario. You should get an evaluation.
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