Still have tightness in chest after pneumonia
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I am recovering from bacterial pneumonia. I had to take two lots of antibiotics one was co amoxiclav and the other was amoxicillin plus prednisolone to see it off. The thing is my chest still feels tight, i have a really annoying cough, i get breathless when doing the any thing and i am so tired. My doctor wanted to admit me to hospital as my heart rate was 125 beats per minute this is when i got the first antibiotic. Blood tests were carried out on Friday the 13th what will they show ?. All in all i do not feel any better. I also have a pulse oximeter which was showing an blood oxygen level of 64 and my heartbeat was 88, yet last week my heartbeat was hitting 150 what is going on i am worried
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gpgp sweepno1
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geg32837 gpgp
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denise____84544 sweepno1
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denise____84544 sweepno1
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l10784 sweepno1
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I thought I would post here because as of a couple of months ago I was getting pretty distraught about having severely reduced lung capacity 3 months after my pneumonia infection was gone and my lungs were officially clear on an xray, (getting winded walking around the block, brief fainting spells, sleeping way more than usual etc., basically becoming a hermit!) and I was spending a ton of time on forums like this and generally researching online, in large part bc there's a 9mos wait for pulmonary function tests without which the doctors can apparently do nothing… and anyway, I found some info about singing and lung strength so I took some lessons and joined a choir and it's made such a big difference. I’m getting way more oxygen these days, and it really helps keep the lungs cleared out. Pretty much back to normal. Maybe breathing-focussed yoga would help too? Thought it was worth mentioning that there are ways to proactively strengthen your lungs (or speed up the process?) if they are otherwise healthy but just weakened. None of them were suggested to me in the doctor’s office, though. I mean thank goodness for antibiotics, but MDs had shockingly little to offer as far as rehabilitation.
needhope76 l10784
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kimberly_52041 needhope76
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Hi Yes this is because the infection lingers and will show up as an “inactive” or “dormant” pneumonia infection, for example chlamydia pneumonia. Doctors won’t see this as a problem, but it is. For me, I got it as a baby and was eventually diagnosed with asthma and put on daily asthma meds all my life. I knew it wasn’t asthma. Whenever my chest was tight I had that dry cough even more. I’m now on antibiotherapy treatment for chlamydia pneumonia, mycoplasma pneumonia and also rickettsiae and I’m 100% sure that my asthma diagnosis as a kid was incorrect. I was diagnosed at the A&E at age 4 btw because I was minutes away from dying from the lack of oxygen.
siobhan1966 sweepno1
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Hi. Hope you have fully recovered from pneumonia. Like you were I am currently struggling to recover. I was diagnosed six weeks ago with pneumonia and to cut a long story short I was on antibiotics for over three weeks and steroids ultimately ending up causing acute liver dysfunction. I feel like I've been through the wars and whilst I'm still not back at work I'm struggling with the constant shortness of breath and cough still my doctor has prescribed me and inhaler which really doesn't help. I'm going to take your advice and try find online some exercises to try and improve my lung capacity.
Scareddcat sweepno1
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I'm thinking you got the two numbers turned around and that your oxygen level was 88 and pulse was 64.
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