sister has pneumonia again

[eastendgirl]

first course of antibiotics did not work - had to go back for an ex-ray and they say she still has an infection, taking different antibiotics now. Is it common that pneumonia does not resolve itself with a course of antibiotics?

[PrincessBoris]

how old is she?

[Twiglett]

took me 6 courses

[spacecadet]

i had pnuemonia back in jan and the first course of abs didnt work,its not unusual for an infection to have to be treated with a second course of abs, especially severe ones, hopefully with the new course of abs she will start to recover, they should re-do the x-ray when the course has finished tio establish that it has cleared.

[Twiglett]

which totally buggered up my system for months .. get her some acidopholus tablets from a health food store .. tell her to take them before eating ..

[Twiglett]

the acidopholus is to help replenish her gut lining with good bacteria (the yogurts don't work) ... which is really important for the immune system

[spacecadet]

yes i was really run down and had 4 colds in a row afterwards.

[PrincessBoris]

my dd is 20 months and had pneumonia 3 weeks ago, had antibiotics but stil has a cough

im wondering if she still has a slight infection

[eastendgirl]

she is 35 - there is lung cancer inthe family so we are very paranoid.