Nemonia Have you ever experience this?

Question

My father was recently diagnosed with nemonia. They found water in his lungs along with a little ball. He has trouble breathing and right now they are darning out his lungs. I feel like sometimes things just seem to be getting more complicated then better like his breathing he has been getting little breathing attacks. I feel so bad and I wanted to know if anyone has been through the same thing and what was your experince and how was it taken care of??

Answer 1

i had pneumonia for 8 weeks in the summer, although I am probably a lot younger than your father. It is more complicated in older people and it takes them longer to recover. The problem with this infection, besides it totally wiping a person out, is that most people try to resume their normal lives too early, and then it hits them harder.

I was treated with 5 weeks of antibiotics, two different kinds. After those were done, I was still not up to par, but I took lots of vitamins and continued to rest more than usual. I was also on an inhaler for the shortness of breath and chest attacks.

It felt like it was never going to end, but it finally did, and now week 10 since it began, I'm finally feeling about 90%.

Good luck to you and your dad.

Answer 2

My mother had the same thing once. It can take a while to fight off pneumonia. It took my mom about 6 weeks, and she probably had pneumonia for about a month before it got bad enough to see a doctor. She had to do breathing exercises by blowing into a plastic thing with a ball in it to exercise her lungs. She also was put in the hospital a couple of times to get hooked up to a machine that sprayed a mist into her lungs (it think it had antibiotics and other drugs in the mist). The coughing and even breathing were sometimes painful, and the symptoms seemed to get real bad, then go away, and then come back again several times. The doctors said that the breathing exercises were one of the most important things.

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Answer 3

I am not a doctor, but I have heard that pnemonia can be caused by mold exposure. I'm sure the ball will be biopsied to see if it is made of fungus. If so, I think it would be call a fungal ball, which I'm told is a symptom of mold exposure.

Again, I am not a doctor, so you need to turn to them for advice.

However, if they think it may be fungal-exposure related then you may want to make sure the place he spends the most time (his home I would think) is relatively clear of mold and has no history of unrepaired water leaks.

These are just some ideas to consider as it has been the case with others.

If this is all true, you should be relieved, not panicked, because it means you can make things better. (People shouldn't do inspections or mold-repairs themselves... hire a professional if it needs to happen!)

Answer 4

I had double pneumonia once when I was about seven years old. I don't remember that much in detail but I remember not being able to breath well and it was very scary. I was in the hospital for a while and they gave me fluids and antibiotics. Thankfully it cleared up and I was fine after a few weeks. Hope you father feels better.