Questions about a pnuemonia...

[TallBill]

I just hit the doctors office.. he thinks i might have a slight pnuemonia.. is it contagious? i started taking antibiotics. i kinda got a girl in my life now.. and i dont want this to ruin it

 

[rangeLife]

uhh...i suggest not swapping spit until you're over it. thats how i got a cold which led to a bacterial infection. sorry.

 

[TallBill]

anyone else... anything?

 

[Pliablemoose]

As long as you're on antibiotics, it shouldn't be contageous. Give them a day or so to kick in & start swapping body fluids. She's already been exposed because of the incubation period of the bacteria. You have to have the combination of your resistance being down & being exposed to the infectious agent @ the same time to develop an infection. Her resistance is probably not diminished, or she'd have it too.

What kind of antibiotics did your Dr. prescribe?

 

[Tauren]

It's not 'a' pneumonia, it is just pneumonia. Also, if it is viral it is contagious, if it is bacterial it is not.

 

[bigd480]

had it bad once when i was younger... you're lucky you're on the meds quick cuz that stuff doesn't go away on it's own...

 

[TallBill]

Im on biaxin.. and tomorrow would be our first date, but shes been a good friend of mine, so no swapping of any fluids has been done yet

 

[Pliablemoose]

Infectious agent is probably Strep pneumoniae bacteria, 60% chance anyway, did they do a chest xray?

If it's bacterial, you should be noninfectious in a couple of days.

 

[kami]

I had it bad when I was younger...lasted for about 3 weeks. My family had to take some drugs to prevent them getting infected I believe (this was just at first). On my chest x-ray it looked like I had two hearts...but that second "heart" was really a bunch of crap in my lungs.

 

[TallBill]

well i havnt taken x-rays yet.. they put me on the antibiotics first

 

[TallBill]

does that mean anything? so far i've just had a bad cough and sore throat.. the sore throat is gone after 2 days of meds and the cough is better

 

[TallBill]

3rd day of meds.. big date tonite.. no coughing yet since i've woken up.. we'll see how it goes tonite

 

[TallBill]

well.. i hope the meds worked.. cuz she jumped on top of me after the movie and definitly swapped some spit.. not that im complaining, but i hope she dont get sick now.. on a good note, i didnt cough once today