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Last month had pneumonia and final check said lungs clear but broncitus still. Take steroid puffs morning and night.

This last week it feels like the pneumonia is back, difficult breathing, stuffy nose, not much coughing, feeling poorly.

Don't want to go back to the local hospital as last time they had no beds and put me in the stroke ward, 8 of us, very hot, got a heat rash and fairly horrible. Next nearest hospital is 2hr away. Also rice season and wifey is very busy.

So this time I decided to treat myself.

The only medicine I take is 8mg Urief for prostrate, but read it can cause upper respiratory trouble, so stopped that and just started a course of Arithromycin, 500mg today then 250mg. Also an anti-hystamine.

I do have Aerobidol which I try not to use, but it seems to improve my condition.

No temperature and drinking lots of room temperature water.

Just resting today and see what happens.

What do you think?

 

 

 

 

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34 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Last month had pneumonia and final check said lungs clear but broncitus still. Take steroid puffs morning and night.

This last week it feels like the pneumonia is back, difficult breathing, stuffy nose, not much coughing, feeling poorly.

As I said before 18 months ago I tried to fight off what I thought was a cold, turned out it was Chinese FluA that I neglected and it turned to double pneumonia, and ended up with a collapsed lung. 9 days in hospital with 2 in ICU.  

If I in anyway I thought that was coming back again I would be back at the hospital and doctor as fast as humanly possible. Go get checked again. They tend to know what powerful antibiotics and possibly oxygen are needed. Do no try and "google" just go get yourself checked. 

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1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

how do people get pneumonia in a hot country?

i don't get it. 

 

Wish I didn't.

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11 hours ago, carlyai said:

Wish I didn't.

here's a tip from ChatGPT:

 

Extra tip:

Try doing some gentle steam inhalation (bowl of hot water, towel over head), 5–10 minutes a couple of times a day. It can help loosen mucus and open nasal passages, which may make breathing easier.

 

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9 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

how do people get pneumonia in a hot country?

i don't get it. 

 

 

Well....

He got it.

 

Take the vaccine, I guess, is good advice.

 

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24 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

how do people get pneumonia in a hot country?

i don't get it. 

 

Pneumonia had nothing to do with temperature and is just as common in hot clmates as cold ones.

 

 

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Please, Please go to Hospital.   Best Man at my wedding died on a barstool in Bangkok with  ‘pharmacy’ treated double Pneumonia.  It’s nothing to play with, he thought he could treat it with scotch on the rocks and antibiotics.  and I am not kidding.

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If the intent is to create an antibiotic resistant infection, then you are going about it the right way. Pneumonia can be caused by a virus, or bacteria or a fungus. One should make an effort to determine the cause of the infection first before popping pills . If you have been on an alpha blocker as you have and  stop the medication, be prepared for your BPH symptoms to worsen. There was a reason why you were on the drug. An alpha blocker may  cause mild nasal congestion, but not  pneumonia.

You have a golden window in which to treat a lung infection before it impacts your kidneys and heart. If you do not clear the fluid from your lungs it will result in strain on your heart with a cascading effect. Don't tough it out. Go to the hospital, and  obtain treatment.There is a possibility that you never cleared the first infection and it has returned. The only way to know is to visit the health facility and have the appropriate tests.  If you are concerned enough to write, then you should be concerned enough to go to the hospital. It is unfortunate that your wife is busy, however,  I am sure she would rather the inconvenience of you in hospital than that of a funeral.

 

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