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Suggest Treatment For Micro Plasma And Walking Pneumonia
My daughter , age 35 has 4 young children under the age of 8. She has been to the doctor for walking pneumonia, she was on antibiotics twice, and back to the clinic for chest x-ray today, he told she has micro plasma and walking pneumonia, which she got from her 8 year old, who had it a month ago. She received a shot of medicine, cough (oral) medicine with codeine, and oral steroid. What do you think of the treatment? She is to go back to the doctor on Friday for another x-ray.
Mon, 20 Oct 2014
Hello,
Thank you for your contact to healthcare magic.
I understand your health concern, if I am your doctor I suggest you that steroids should not be given in mycoplasma pneumonia, it will only be given in condition of acute illness in pneumonia. I advice you should start with azithromycin tablet and rest of all the cough supplement and not with steroods . Take the xray done at 14th all will be negative soon.
I will be happy to answer all your future concern.
Thank you,
Dr Arun Tank
Infectious disease specialist.
Wish you a best health at health care magic.
Thank you for your contact to healthcare magic.
I understand your health concern, if I am your doctor I suggest you that steroids should not be given in mycoplasma pneumonia, it will only be given in condition of acute illness in pneumonia. I advice you should start with azithromycin tablet and rest of all the cough supplement and not with steroods . Take the xray done at 14th all will be negative soon.
I will be happy to answer all your future concern.
Thank you,
Dr Arun Tank
Infectious disease specialist.
Wish you a best health at health care magic.
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