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How To Recover From Pneumonia That Required Hospitalization?

my mother had pnumonia and was in the hospital for a week. she has been home now for almost a month and has no energy. she does her exercises the pt gave her, but just can t seem to feel better. she gets out of breath very quickly. also she on and off runs a fever and when it breaks she is soaking wet. shouldnt she be doing at least a little better by now?
Tue, 29 Apr 2014
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Pneumonia 1 month ago ( excluding 7 days in hospital ) , now fever off & on, breathlessness, excessive sweating , very weak ( no energy ) .
All these symptoms still present even after 1 & 1/4 month , these may be due to .
1 Tuberculosis , as all these symptoms are an indication of tuberculosis . Diagnosis can be confirmed by X RAY chest and blood examination for C B C & E S R . However you didn't mention about the sputum and mild degree cough . If sputum present , get in an examination for A F B.
2 Typhoid fever may be the another reason of such symptoms . Get in WIDAL test as well as serology test for typhoid fever.
3 Anemia is another most common cause of such symptoms , so get in an examination for hemoglobin level.
However there are so many other reason of such symptoms but deal as mentioned above . Consult a physician and get his opinion.
Good luck.
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How To Recover From Pneumonia That Required Hospitalization?

Hello Pneumonia 1 month ago ( excluding 7 days in hospital ) , now fever off & on, breathlessness, excessive sweating , very weak ( no energy ) . All these symptoms still present even after 1 & 1/4 month , these may be due to . 1 Tuberculosis , as all these symptoms are an indication of tuberculosis . Diagnosis can be confirmed by X RAY chest and blood examination for C B C & E S R . However you didn t mention about the sputum and mild degree cough . If sputum present , get in an examination for A F B. 2 Typhoid fever may be the another reason of such symptoms . Get in WIDAL test as well as serology test for typhoid fever. 3 Anemia is another most common cause of such symptoms , so get in an examination for hemoglobin level. However there are so many other reason of such symptoms but deal as mentioned above . Consult a physician and get his opinion. Good luck.