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Doctors of the Hive: Is pneumonia contagious?

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    bree72    December 31, 2008  

    My husband's family is going to the lake house together this weekend, and we are planning on staying, as well. Well, my SIL found out she has pneumonia last night, but is still planning on going. She swears pneumonia is not contagious, but I can only find conflicting info online. What is your opinion?

     

    Also, I am pregnant so I am a lot more cautious than normal. 

     

    Thanks!!

     

     
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    bree72    December 31, 2008  

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    medsie35    March 10, 2012  

    I am not a doctor yet (1 more year woohoo!) but as long as she has been treated with antibiotics for at least a couple of days I think you should be okay.  Pneumonia is more contagious if you haven't had the flu shot, for elderly, and for small children. If you are really worried I would call your OBGyn just to double check.

     
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    Moja Milosc    September 24, 2011  

    The illness that caused the pneumonia is contagious, like if someone with asthma gets a cold, their lungs may already be kind of "raw" which allows for their respiratory illness to progress to pneumonia. They could spread that initial respiratory illness, but it probably won't become pneumonia in those that they spread it to. I could, but it's not like you spread the pneumonia germ and everyone around you get's pneumonia. The bacteria or virus needs a place to hang out and grow in your lungs.

     
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    bree72    December 31, 2008  

    Thanks ladies. From what I could tell from reading online, that seems the common answer; that I could likely catch a cold from her but not pneumonia. 

     

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