I have been battling pneumonia for over a month. Just went to my M.D. today - again. He had me say e several times, while listening to my lungs through his stethoscope. He said it sounded like a inside, and that was a sign of congestion in the lungs. I had never heard of this. He called it something, but I can t remember what! I have had 2 doses of Z pack, one 10 day stretch of Levaquin, steroids for 15 days, and now he prescribed a double z-pack. I am so weary! What else should we be doing?
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Pneumonia is lung infection. And steroid should not be given in infection. It actually worsens infection. So better to avoid steroid. Best treatment of pneumonia is to identify the causative organism and start appropriate effective antibiotic. So get done sputum culture to isolate the causative organism and sensitivity report for guiding appropriate antibiotics. If sputum is not available then bronchoscopy should be done to get the sample. By this, recovery will be fastened and inappropriate antibiotics can be avoided. So better to consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. Hope I have solved your query. Wish you good health. Thanks.