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How long antibiotics course and recovery for pneumonia in otherwise fit and healthy adult?

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BlueOnMondayNight · 28/01/2017 20:42

As a general guide, how long would an otherwise fit and healthy adult be on antibiotics for if he/she had pneumonia?

And how long can you expect recovery to take?

I appreciate everyone's different, but as a general guide?

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furlinedsheepskinjacket · 29/01/2017 20:39

its in months not weeks ime

PopcornBits · 29/01/2017 20:59

Antibiotics kicked in within 48 hours for me, I felt so much better by third day but Christ did I develop the worst wheeze at night.
Pneumonia leaves you with nasty asthma type problems for a while.
I had to have an inhaler.

I'm all good now, probably took a month or so to completely go away.

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