2007-12-04 06:06:40 · 3 answers · asked by Greta M 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
As a rule, 3 days generally is the safe bet or until your fever is gone if one was present.
2007-12-04 06:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Antibiotics may or may not work. There are more and more resistant strains of bacteria out there and the antibiotics may be doing nothing. Therefore you can not say after two or three days you are no longer contagious. If you have an antibiotic resistant bacterial infection you will be blowing germs all over the place, really serious germs!!
If it is viral pneumonia the antibiotics will do no good and you will remain infectious until you are over with the pneumonia.
The best bet is as long as you are coughing, sneezing, have a runny nose or any other symptom of the pneumonia, stay away from other people or if you must go out, wear a surgical mask like they do in Japan.
(And do not go use over the counter drugs to mask the symptoms without your doctor's permission. You may make the pneumonia last longer or even get worse.)
2007-12-04 11:57:15 · answer #2 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
48 hours
2007-12-04 06:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋