How long did it take for your child to get over pneumonia?

Question

My son was in the hospital for 3 days last week with it but the doctor wants him to come back tomorrow for a chest x-ray so hopefully it has gone away and gotten better.

Answer 1

It depends on if it was viral or bacterial pneumonia. In any case, I would say three weeks to feel back to normal.

Answer 2

I've had pneumonia a few times and when I was 7 I spent over 2 weeks in the hospital.

Answer 3

In the third grade i had walking pneumonia, a little less worse than pneumonia but still lethal. I got over it in a month and a bit.

Answer 4

2 weeks is the time it will take him to recover, with the antibiotics.But it will take his body more than a month to recover completely.Give vitamin supplements so that he builds his immune system.Vitamin C also as he will be more susceptable to other infections as he is weak.
I was hospitalised with bacterial pnemonia for 4 days.I was really tired for almost 2 months and one of the side effects was hair loss and the doc said it was normal.So watch out of that and don't panic.My daughter also had pnemonia-viral.She also took 1 month to be completely OK.Take it slow for sometime.

Answer 5

About 2 weeks. Make sure to give your child ALL the antibiotics that the Dr. prescribes even if they feel/appear better before you finish the prescription.

Answer 6

I had pneumonia as a child,It took me a year to recover from it properly..I still get lingering chest infections today..

Answer 7

my nephew has now had it for 2 weeks :( poor guy...he's been to the doc like 4 times...who knows...hopefully things will get better!! good luck!

Answer 8

I hear people die of this, take him to the doctor often, and get second opinions