Hello Dr. Goyal, thank you very much for offering your service. I was born with asthma, it would be mostly seasonal when I was younger. I didn't have to treat it all the time, but when I had the occasional asthma attack it would be pretty serious, almost to the point of hospitalization. As I grew older, the asthma became less and less apparent. Up until about 2 months ago, I had not had any asthma symptoms for several years.

Then, I did. It went away for a week, so I thought it was ok. Then, it came back, and it was very scary trying to breathe at night. I went to a doctor and they said I had pneumonia. The antibiotics they gave me didn't seem very effective, and a few days later they also started me on a regiment of steroids. The steroids helped, as did a nebulizer. I was resting and feeling very ill for about a week and a half of that period, then I started to feel better. Well, that only lasted a few days, and now for the past few days it has been getting worse again, necessitating several nebulizer treatments yesterday, and (after much effort and wheezing) coughing up mucus with a strange bittersweet taste (perhaps the albuterol from the inhaler and nebulizer?)

I am concerned because the illness has already been exposed to a full cycle of both steroids and antibiotics, and yet it persists. What might a doctor be able to do for me? Does this require immediate medical attention, or might it subside? Whooping cough is going around my area, and I do have a persistent cough. Thank you.