I'm in the UK and felt rough for about 6 months, with a low grade cough and tiredness. Doctors said it was just a bug, nothing to worry about and only suggested a tonic. During a trip to France and still feeling tired and coughing, i popped in to see a Doctor. He said, just after listening to my lungs, you've had pneumonia, your lungs are compromised. He reckoned I'd had it for some time, but it was on it's way out now. How i had been feeling made sense then, and he was right, i started to improve slowly. Just so annoyed it was missed before.
The sad thing is I'm not at all surprised that it wasn't picked up OR even suggested as a possible cause of you feeling unwell. Dr's seem to stick with the most obvious until something more serious happens and forces them to rethink the situation.
Insist on a CAT Scan on your lungs. I’ve had a low grade cough and tiredness. Also terrible pains in my chest. Blue lighted to hospital had X-rays, ultrasound and finally CAT scan advised my lungs are full of clots. On blood thinners now.
@@thejd52 hi you should be able to buy it from health shops or I think ancient purity sell it I usually take 5 ml 3 times a day for 3 days then go downt to 2 times a day for 3 days then once a day for 3 days it will kill super bugs do some research they do say on some web sites oh don't take that makes your skin purple er no they as in pharmaceuticals don't want you using it they lose money
My husband 69 fit as anything, goes to the gym , walks, isn't on any medication then starts with a dry persistent cough. Eventually goes to see GP after 6 weeks when started to lose weight and cough became unbearable. They found a shadow on his lung and for 2 months treated him for cancer, taking biopsies, cat scans, x rays etc.. he had lost so much weight his bone were sticking out if his shoulders. Night sweats, green phelm bringing up, now not eating only drank water. Eventually Dr's admitted it wasn't cancer but didn't know what it was. Gave him antibiotics for a month and within 3 days stopped coughing, after 6 days sweats stopped, after 2 weeks was eating and phelm was going and after 6 weeks back to his old self but extremely fragile due to losing so much weight. Now thankfully, 2 years later he is fully recovered and back to the gym.
OMG....this must have been so horrible, going true this all... Antibiotics helped me get rid of bronchitis some years ago...within a few days i feld so much better....but the first doc i went to, told me it was just a bad cough... i got to see another doctor and she told me it was serious and i had to take antibiotics.... Doctors can be very wrong too!!!... I´m happy your husband is much better now...❤
@@heatherhigson342can wait for AI to take over the varying expertise in the GP surgery. They fob you off with ‘just a virus’ ‘stress’ without even putting a stethoscope to your chest, taking your temperature etc! Chest X ray? 🤣 they can’t even be bothered to send you for one!! How can they diagnose over the phone or at a 3-5 mins consultations?! Ridiculous. .
I got Pneumonia about 20 years ago in my 40's. Felt awful and when i had to go to the GP for a sick note for work, he told me many older people who don't need sick notes anymore don't visit their GP just believe they will get better and that is when they end up hospitalised. Mind you a different GP at my practice refused to believe that I had had Pneumonia when i saw her 6 months later for something else simply because i had not been hospitalised. That shows how entrenched different views can be.
@@ericajohnson3504 That’s interesting - you mentioned older people believing they will just get better - when my two year old child had pneumonia and was so sick, just limp and couldn’t even stand or sit or eat or barely talk, her older grandparents were trying to stop me taking my child to the doctor saying ‘Oh all kids get sick’ as if it was nothing much to bother about. And, if I had partner support (he sided with them) we would have gone to the hospital, and so I drove to the doctors and had to wheel her in in a pram otherwise carry and hold her all the way. And it took 3 doctor visits over 5 days to find out it was pneumonia after I recognised something in her breathing as pneumonia, (I had had pneumonia before) The infection was very low down and couldn’t be detected without X-rays. She was so sick over that time and not getting any better at all and I was concerned until she finally got antibiotics to begin clearing it. And. As an adult I once had pneumonia and wasn’t hospitalised, just saw my doctor and got medication to take, and had time off work to get better.
@margareth1504 yes, my brother, who was 75 at the time, got double pneumonia and hospitalised because he thought he would get better. I am glad you persisted to get care for your daughter ❤️
@ Hope your brother regained his health after getting the medical attention he really needed. And I’m glad too that I did what my child needed regardless of others.
In NYC, July-August 1995, I was pregnant with my 1st baby. I had a terrible cough, sore throat and lots of green phlegm - all day, not just morning. Weather was so hot, I was going from home indoor cold air-conditioning, to outdoor heat, to hot subway, to cold air-conditioned train, to hot outside, to cold air-conditioning at work ... everyday! I knew something was wrong and I knew breathing + pushing during labour would be a nightmare, but my obgyn would NOT LISTEN to me. She kept saying it was just strep throat. I'd had strep throat before and I KNEW it was more serious because of the all-day thick green phlegm instead of just morning phlegm. In the end, in complete desperation as baby was due in 2 weeks, I INSISTED on lab test, on my phlegm. Doctor ungraciously gave in. By the time I got home (1 hour later) I had a phone message from doctor saying, "I had walking pneumonia and to collect my antibiotics from the pharmacy immediately!" A few days later, at my next obgyn visit, when I mentioned my walking pneumonia, my other doctor (2 ladies were my obgyns) got really defensive and aggressively asked "who told you, you had walking pneumonia?" She shut up when I told her it was her partner - maybe she was afraid of being sued for not taking care of me a lot sooner 🤷🏼♀️ Anyway about a week later I finished work that Friday, went into labour Saturday and my 8lbs 6oz daughter was born naturally (USA maternity leave sucks) on Sunday. Breathing during labour was tough but not impossible thanks to the antibiotics. Discharged from hospital Monday (1-night in hospital only covered by my good health insurance ... health insurance companies in USA suck, but that's a whole other story). I've had pneumonia again since and then got pneumonia vaccine (I'd recommend👍🏻). So my story ended well, but ONLY because I got angry and desperate and INSISTED I was really sick to my doctor. If I wasn't SO worried about going into labour, I would've probably continued to allow my doctors to railroad me 😭😭😭
@@joan279 that's terrible, I have heard from US relatives and the news just how bad US Healthcare is and Maternity leave (even holidays in general). If you don't mind me saying I think it is appalling in such a wealthy country and actually quite backwards not to have Universal Free Healthcare paid for from your taxes. (i e pay your healthcare money to the Government or State to cover the Healthcare, especially when many firms deny payouts) I think with walking pneumonia you just really have to be prepared to fight if you don't feel well, we all know our own bodies best. Glad you eventually had a positive outcome.
I3m a nurse. It's quite apparent to me with family and friends who have a cough that dissmiss it,carry on feeling dreadful and don't think pneumonia is a possibility.
Our whole GP system is based on the premise of it telling us don't bother the doctor with 'coughs' and colds'. They all have the capability to go very bad very quick. As opposed to the premise being on swabs for identification and treatment with anti biotics or anti virals.
I had many chest infections when I worked in the hospital as RN. I know from experiences that I had pneumonia because I can’t lay down in bed due to constant coughing so much so I can’t catch my breathe and even hurt my ribs from coughing. Each time I went to my GP and they agree to prescribe antibiotics. It works like magic for me. I once tried to hold out any treatment for 6 wks but gave in and seek treatment. I am glad that my GPS were very good to me.
I had a very bad back ache that just got worse. I went to the doctor and was sent home with paracetamol. That did nothing, The pain became so severe I could hardly talk or walk. Finally called an ambulance that carted me off to the hospital and they did a C T scan. It was pneumonia. This was in the Netherlands.
I had it in 2017, i was cleaning in a school and i got slower and slower, out of breath, yet i was still working and studying as normal but i felt 'off', and couldnt pinpoint what felt wrong. I had been ill since the previous December, had a significant death in the family, a breakdown of a relationship, had to leave my home and make a new life, the stress was unbelievable. Thought i was getting better then it hit, i ended up in hospital with severe double pneumonia. I was pressured into working 6 weeks out of hospital, nearly killed me. This time, yes ,got it again, ive been able to take a year to get better and not rush back into anything.
@@elainecameron5545 Wow I think you are amazing to get through all of that. We people must look after ourselves and glad to hear you are taking the time to really get well again. I don’t know for sure but I thought that we get some scaring on the lungs after having pneumonia and it does actually take a bit of repairing to really get well again, otherwise it goes backwards again. Hope you keep taking good care of yourself. 👍
I am in the uk. .. Had a bad accident at home and badly banged my right breast ( female ) .. i was rushed to hodpital due to internal bleeding.. They patched me up and sent me home with no aftercare.. Within a few days, my heart was racing 150/160 bpm... Then o started struggling to breathe.. i went to the hospital who said i may have afib even though heart tests were clear .. i was again sent home... I then started having severe pain in my left lung .. Heart rate 170 by now.. went back to the hospital and yet again sent home even though i was shouting that something was terribly wrong.. 24 hours later, i was rushed back in where they finally did tests ..chest x-ray and ct scan.. Turned out i had fluid buold up, pneumonia, and 4 pulmonary embolisms.. If i had waited just 1 more hour, i would have died... If in doubt, get it checked out.. The uk NHS is in a terrible state 😢..
@MedMan-rk3bq Yes, that would be great.. It needs more awareness because not many people know the symptoms to look out for .. Some people who have it think it's only back strain, and it's a life-threatening condition.. I am still not 100%, but I will get there.. Thank you 😊
Hi Reggie hope your feeling much better now ready for a new Spring time Just awaiting around the corner now for us all now. I've been very poorly myself for the past three weeks but I've managed to hang it out thus far not seeing a Dr. As you say NHS terrible today the reason I've tried to manage it from home with a healthy eating diet, Lemon, Ginger, Cumin, Cinnamon, Garlic, Cucumber, Apples, Peppers, eggs all good foods I'm beginning to feel it's benefits now over these past couple of days. Steve from Manchester 🇬🇧
I was admitted into hospital last August with double pneumonia & a blood clot on the lung I’ve never felt so ill I spent a week in hospital on permanent oxygen . I had lots of IV antibiotics CT scan & several ECG’s my oxygen levels were only 63% . When I was discharged I was s ent home with three weeks of antiobiotics & needed a course of B12 injections it took me four months to recover back to normal health . I saw my consultant in November & she was pleased to see me looking well . On her computer she showed me the pictures of my lungs that looked so grim but I’m glad to say I’m okay now .
I had atypical pneumonia in 2014 at the age of 58, i soent 5 nights in hospital, i was treated with iv antibiotics, fluids and potassium.I was very sick in admission to hospital, my CRP was 345. I made a full recovery and no bacteria was isolated in spite of needing high dose antibiotics.
It's very true. Standards in the UK are getting lower and lower. I'm a med student here but using US resources to actually learn something. Lots of bs tutorials about sTigMa but little science teaching. Anatomy students get to do dissection but we don't. Complete disorganization - the director of the course is someone who can't even type correctly. This is at a Russell group university.. All they care about is DiVersiTy (a.k.a money from international student) whilst teaching the bare minimum - they have us memorize drug names without even understanding the mechanism of action. Hippocrates is turning in his grave..
@@sallyedwards7162 You know why? They don't even let us practice blood taking on fake arms because it's a hAzARd. The NHS and their stupid regulations matter more than common sense and patient welfare.
I had Walking Pneumonia in 1987 at age 31. It made me *extremely weak,* but no other symptoms. I got an antibiotic after one day and recovered quickly. My mother had undiagnosed Walking Pneumonia in 2003, when she was 90, and *she was very sick.* But she was eventually diagnosed and got an antibiotic... and bounced back quickly.
I’ve been a carer for decades and had 2 clients with no symptoms but it’s just that they had gone off their food I’ve called the doctor in and yes they both had double pneumonia. This also happened to my mum, her breathing was laboured and had gone off her food a bit. Took her to the GP who said she was fine. A week later I rushed her into hospital as she had double pneumonia along with sepsis
About 40+ years ago a partner of my husband's company, "had a cold." He went to work and took a nap... three hours later, he was found dead. He was 45.
Hi I have asthma,2021/22, I was, isolated at home,my choice as there was people in hospital dropping Luke fly's we have a first class medical practice,in our rural area,but now I take vitamin D3&K2 supplements ,I have had,no asthma problems or any other chest problems,I did,have conversation with my GP.i told him I have never felt ,he offered to prescribe vit.D injections, during the winter months instead of the Flu jab of which I refused to have during COVID never again was my answer
I was teaching English in Thailand around the same time as it happens. Heard about a teacher who had 'a bit of a fever 'and went to bed in the evening and ditto.
I had walking Pneumonia in 1995, i was in my early 20's. Dry cough for months, no energy. After many blood tests they finally diagnosed me with it. Just told me to take it easy for a few weeks. A few years later i had flu followed by viral Pleurisy, then in my 40's got diagnosed with COPD/ Emphysema.
Something that I am not hearing anyone talking about is vertigo as a symptom of pneumonia. My poor dad became unwell and said he felt really dizzy when he sat upright. I called an ambulance as he seemed to be getting worse and he wasn’t normally one to complain about illness, so this was a red flag. He was taken to hospital, assessed and was found to have pneumonia. After a week he was sent home again with antibiotics but said that he felt he had been sent home too early. (This was during the pandemic and I think the hospital wanted the beds.) A week later he was back in hospital with double pneumonia, in other words it had spread to his other lung! Two weeks later he was dead. I blame myself that I didn’t get him back into hospital straight away. To me it seems that he wasn’t given the right drugs or a long enough course of drugs to clear the infection. Could it have been walking pneumonia and they sent him home because he could walk about? The aftercare was non-existent. I think someone at the hospital should have followed up to see if he was okay. Anyway, I wanted to highlight this issue of vertigo as it might help someone. I miss my Dad every day.
Neurological symptoms are known to be part of viral and bacterial infections but doctors in the US don't acknowledge it as a symptom, they only care about temperature (mine is always lower than normal) and if they hear wheezing
I’m so sorry to hear about yr Dad. When something like this happens, we tend to suffer great guilt... “If only I’d fought more w the hosp”, “If only I’d been more observant “, “if only...” And this burdensome guilt is compounded by crushing grief and loss. Please, see if u can talk to a professional to help deal w these gnawing feelings, otherwise your health, and emotions will be damaged. You want to be able to think of, and remember your Dad with love and fond memories...not with anger, frustration and guilt. A good councillor will only take a few visit to help you with this. Kind regards from from Louise. LouiseAustralia 🦘
@@louiseeckert1574 Thank you for your kind words. Rest assured, I do remember my Dad with love and fond memories and I did see a counsellor. I just miss not having him around, hence I want others to know about his symptoms so they can catch it early.
I had lung crackles and air hunger for a whole year before collapsing and developing double pneumonia literally overnight. Hospitalised, first round of antibiotics failed. I'm fine now, but still have no idea WTF happened and why it came on so quickly. Up til that point the GP couldn't find anything but gave me an inhaler. Later came to find out that a bunch of people in my area had it at the same time.
That's helpful to know what to listen for. I had a colleague that had walking pneumonia. He was hospitalised several times before being diagnosed. He looked so grey and pasty on the few times he tried returning to work. Two years ago, I had a chest infection that lasted 5 months and my lungs were bubbling audibly with every breath. They didn't even need a stethoscope to hear it, and antibiotics didn't shift it. I didn't heal till they finally gave me steroids. I have no idea why I was so ill for so long but it was frightening and debilitating.
During caregiving I contracted pneumonia. Pretty awful. If someone around you has a cough, mask up. Get them to the doctor to check their lungs. No joke. I was almost hospitalized and needed 3 rounds of antibiotics.
A mask will not protect you from anything but can give you bacterial pneumonia. It will also reduce blood o2 levels and increase co2 levels. Not good for health.
My 16 year old Great-granddaughter had Walking Pneumonia before Christmas, here in Australia. She was very unwell for weeks Luckily, her doctor picked it up quickly.
Great overview. Highlights the dilemma and skill required by the doctor, not so easily differentiated by telemedicine. (You spelled penicillin with two Es, I’ve not seen that before!)
My father died in Feb. 1973. I was a Senior in high school, and had enough credits to graduate end of December. I hadn't been feeling good for a few weeks. At least 3 and maybe more. I couldn't really breathe right. I felt like I had a feather in my throat.So I would sort of half breathe, until my throat tickled too much and I went into a coughing fit. I had been to the Dr. twice, before my Father died. Just before the funeral, I'm looking at some flowers my class sent. I'd had some clear hot broth for breakfast because I didn't feel well. Suddenly out of nowhere, I erupt vomited clear broth into the flowers. Confused, cause I did Not feel nauseous. My older brothers accused me of wanting to be the center of attention🙄. (I'm a book worm, love to fly under the radar.) I started crying and Mom flew in front of me and said," She's sick! She's going back to the Doctor." She made me stay home, the next day the doctor took a chest x-ray and confirmed *walking pneumonia* I was on bed rest most of spring, but being assist director for plays I insisted on doing the plays. I never felt fully right until end of summer. When college started, I ended up getting Mono by December. Go figure. And then another round of walking pneumonia. But I pushed through, because I'm an athlete, and couldn't not move, after a certain point. I was finally better the following fall and could go canoeing down the Mississippi for 3 1/2 months for a college class. What a ride. Both with the pneumonia and the trip.I'm curious which of the three categories you would put me in? I'm thinking the 2nd one, cause I felt like I was getting better, than I got worse.
I was in my early thirties. One day, I was happily going about my morning when out of the blue I fell desperately ill. I had an extremely high temperature and felt delirious. I remember so clearly that my phone was on the opposite bedside table to where I collapsed and I could not crawl across the bed to reach it to call for help for about an hour. My husband came home from work and took me to the doctor. I had NO symptoms except feeling extremely ill. No cough at all. I spent the next week having every kind of scan of all my organs to try to determine what was wrong. It was only on the Friday that as an afterthought, the doctor decided to do a simple chest xray. And there it was, this dark patch on my lung . The right course of antibiotics and the acute symptoms were gone, but it took weeks to regain my strength. And I was a robust, healthy young woman. I stillsay it was the most sick I have ever been, and I am now 64.
A friend of mine lived in a static caravan and caught rainwater that he stored in a large plastic tank and used for washing and showering. He developed pneumonia one year which was successfully treated with antibiotics, but it was always a puzzle to him as to how he caught it. It was only years later, when I underwent legionella training that we agreed his symptoms were a perfect match for it.
There's been mass outbreaks around Australia. Took this Australian household from end of May 2024 (our winter) and (despite multiple antibiotics) we didn't get rid of it completely until Xmas. Partner has lung scarring, both avoided covid so far, so hit him hard. We're both high risk for covid thanks to lowered immunity. Nothing trivial, that cough nearly killed him, it also caused massive hayfever reactions, partner still hasn't cleared the last of his sinus blockages. It's awful.
Have had it more than once and didn't know I had it the first time but when the Doctor diagnosed the first time she first looked at my gums and my finger nails (they were pale) and then she checked my lungs but on my back and she said she could hear a rattling in the lower part of my left lung and she was only using a stethoscope so she must have had great hearing! Before the first Dr diagnosed me with it (I was early 30's) I had NEVER heard of "Walking" Pneumonia 😮🤷🏻♀️💯
Oh, man. I think that first walking pneumonia was what I had when I was about 17. I went to the doctor here in Denmark (this was in the mid nineties) first when I had had dry cough and loss of breath for a couple of months. The doc listened to my lungs and sent me home with the dx of "cold pneumonia"/kold lungebetændelse, as it was called here. I had to go back after another month or so, and I was put on penicillin, but to no effect. I was then put on something else, and things cleared up very quickly. I had a bad experience and have always thought until now, watching this video, that I was misdiagnosed due to an unprofessional GP not bothering. I wish that GP had shared with me how difficult it can be to catch that dx correctly instead of treating me like I was just in the way and probably seeking attention. I would have understood, even at 16. As many bad experiences I've had with the healthcare system, I have had great ones too. My current GP of 15 years is awesome and I appreciate her so much, as do i the clinic nurse, who is both calm and competent, but also hilarious. Thank you to all the health care pros out there who keep your humanity and empathy despite high pressure and the absurd systems you have to work under.
Hi from Montréal, in '84 I worked in a tiny gas station booth, very sick from A/C so I turned it off! I did call what I had Leginnaires disease, yes self-diagnonsed, guy who lived with me said "Stop saying that, people get very sick from that (which is what I'd been) and it sounds so stupid". I was right though wasn't I, even more right ditching him after 7 yrs onto guy next door, we're celebrating our 30th!😊
Back in the 80's the factory i worked had a cooling system where warmed water would drip into a open tank. I kept well away from it knowing about Legionaries disease.
I had it Im sure. I lay in bed for four days propped up on pillows. My lungs only let me take short breaths and I coughed continually.It went eventually. I found Lemsip helped a bit. Making my way to the loo got me feeling weak even. My son was good and made me a few meals of baked beans, about all I could fancy, and without bread.
I had this last year. I coughed continuously so much, vomited so hard, I strained my vocal chords and lost my voice entirely for a month and had blocked sinuses which rendered me mostly deaf. Steroids helped but the GP said it was lingering in one lung as it was hard to get rid of. I'm 67 and never felt so weak and breathless ever before. All up sick for 3 months.
I had this twice, October 2022 and October 2023. Both times I caught this in my gym. Started as a cough, bad cough, then ended up awful. I couldn’t sleep in my bed as I kept having mucus and post nasal drip into my chest, causing me to get up and empty my chest. I ended up trying to sleep upright on my sofa for any shut eye, but even then it was awful. Took until January until I felt a bit better, but took ages to get my lungs back. I think both bouts have made me asthmatic and I am still awaiting my second round of nhs testing. The nhs failed me entirely. It took 14 days to see my GP which I can see from my window! Horrendous service, took weeks to get anti-biotics. They were useless as well. When I went there, my chest breathing was clear yet I was washed out, pale, and unable to sleep. I am a high rate tax payer and have been paying taxes for over 20 years yet am unable to use the services that I pay for. I had to go through my private health insurance. NHS needs to be disbanded and privatised. I am happy for this to be done as I pay for it regardless.
I had this for the 3rd time when I was 19. That 3rd time I had know no idea & no insurance. So I kept going to work. Every morning I felt significantly better. By noon I felt horrible, but fought through the rest of the day. This went on for 10 months until I no longer felt better in the morning. The doctor in the ER was shocked that I had it for 10 months, and at the amount of fluid in my lungs. Right side was 60% filled, and left side about 40%. After thar 3rd time I decide to stop smoking pot altogether, and never had it again. Plus I only get a cold once a year, and the flu once every 3 to 5 years for the next 30+ plus years.
I have had bi lateral atypical bacterial pneumonia twice at 38 and 40 admitted to hospital both times. Both appeared fast. My main symptom is always slight breathlessness not much of a cough until the iv antibotics kick in
In the UK getting an appointment with a GP without being fobbed off with just a phone call from a Nurse Practitioner, if that, is difficult. Since COVID GPs have gotten used to not seeing anyone and have become lazy and not worth the money they are paid.
It's interesting yet saddening to hear this view point. GPs in the UK get paid less than most European countries and there are less GPs per capita than most European countries. Perhaps the reason you can't see one is that there aren't enough of them? I wish things were better so GPs and patients alike could be happier and healthier 🙏🏻
Had pneumonia last year in April, wife said i had symptoms of sepsis so she made me go to the doctors, by which time id started feeling better so i knew my immune system was beating it, all i did was drink plenty distilled water, have epsom salt baths and sleep sitting up. Doctor wasn't happy with my sepsis symptoms so told me to go straight up hospital where i had blood tests which came back clear thankfully my chest xray confirmed pneumonia so doctors have me doxycycline and penicillin...then the wife caught it🙄
I used to get 2 lung infections a year until a doctor prescribed vit d3 for a different reason. There are studies on D3 and asthma and bronchitis. Do some .research. 😊
Both my granddaughters (aged 16 & 5) were diagnosed with walking pneumonia recently. They weren’t x-rayed though, just listened to lungs with stethoscope. 🇦🇺
I got walking pneumonia at 16 …. The doctor couldn’t believe I walked to the hospital over 5 miles he treated me with penicillin I was feeling great the next day the over 50 years ago
Would love to see something on pulsatile tinnitus. I've had it for over a year. It can be anything from high blood pressure to tumours or blocked arteries in the neck.
An interesting topic indeed and thanks for the suggestion! There's so many topics I'm excited about sharing first but it's going on the list now for sure!
Hi I’m in UK and our local garage owner has had a cough for months and we haven’t seen him for at least a year and yesterday his daughter told us that one of his lungs has fluid and infection at the bottom and described his lung at the top as squishy. I get the impression that his outlook is bad. Do you think that he might have pneumonia? He has stopped working as he is tired a lot and we want to help him as much as possible Amanda ❤
Please forgive me. That's how my hubby was. Get hum checked for cancer. My hubby suffered for 2 years, difficult to breath, exhausted, got dizzy, I paid for an mri. He died 3 weeks later of cancer.
@ oh I’m so very sorry about your loss of your husband. I have messaged him today so hopefully he’ll reply as he loves it where our land is. Our friend is such a kind man who would always help us so let’s hope he accepts our help Amanda 🥰
In 2018 I got the flu jab, within a day I felt really ill, I thought it would pass, 2 days later I was feeling a lot worse so I called my doctor, he said just rest and take paracetamol, on the 4th day i was vomiting, felt delirious, my left lung was aching and I couldn't breathe properly, the doctor reluctantly decided to see me at the surgery, my oxygen level was really low, so he called an ambulance, i ended up in ICU with pneumonia and sepsis, i was very lucky to survive
God! Had a flu jab in 2018, which made me so ill that I thought I would die. I haven't had a flu jab since I noticed that I would be sicker frequently and it took longer to recover, whereas now, I don't get ill, and if I do, I bounce back quickly. I didn't have the C*vid 💉either 👏
I’ve had this twice. The first time I was in my 40s living in England. The cough was awful but I was coping and still working, etc. After many weeks the chemist refused to sell me any more cough medicine over the counter. I went to the doctor several times but they were dismissive. One night I started struggling to breath. Luckily I was with my mother and she called an ambulance. I was so ill I couldn’t speak. In hospital I was diagnosed with pneumonia and pleurisy given antibiotics and discharged the same day. The second time the doctor sent me for an x-ray and gave me antibiotics straight away and it was cured without without any drama. Question: Is the pneumonia vaccine effective against this type of pneumonia?
Do not take any injections. I used to take the flu injection every year, and got ill every year. Without it, I've been sick one year out of 4. I'll use my, albeit poor, immune system, and now I know to take VitD3/K2/Mag.
I understand that you could not talk. If your lungs are infected and you can’t breathe, then you will barely be able to speak either because you need breath to speak. Some people don’t get that. My two year old had pneumonia and couldn’t stand or sit up or eat or talk fluently. Only could drink from a bottle, and say ‘Oh mum’ and ‘yes or no’. By asking does it hurt here, or there she could say yes or no, and it was her chest every-time I asked. Her head also at times. The doctors said it was a virus and my partner and his family were protesting that I went to the doctor for a common virus, but I took my child by myself 3 times to the doctors over 5 days, and on the 5th day I asked if it could be pneumonia, then we got X-rays which showed pneumonia, not a virus. I knew it was pneumonia for sure on day 5 when my child was making a sound in breathing that I recall doing myself when I had pneumonia as a child. Its hard to explain but its like you hold your breath for a moment, then try to push air out with your chest and it is quite a bit difficult to breathe.
I certainly hope the upcoming vaccine works. I’m currently on a trial for the pneumonia vaccine that now covers 100 of the 100 strains, rather than the previous vaccine, which only covers 18 strains. Hopefully it will eradicate pneumonia. 🇦🇺
I’ve had pneumonia twice, pretty horrible. Being an asthmatic since I was 9 months (64 now) I’m prone to chest infections. When I can feel one coming on I take Bee Propolis, it seems to clear me up.
I've had pneumonia twice also and I get Adult Croup nearly every year (I've gotten Croup since childhood). I got the pneumonia vaccine a few years ago, with no issues, and I think it's helped.
My sister went into hospital (she was tachycardic) on the ward she contracted pneumonia a week later after being in critical care she was dead. Multiple organ failure and MI. PM was inconclusive.
I always thought the walking part just meant "hidden", like no fever or fatigue so people walk around without knowing they have pneumonia! I had it in my 20s and by the time I went to the doctor he screamed at me! 😂😂 "Why did you wait so long!?" He said if I had waited one more day I would be in the hospitalize with a 50/50 chance of survival. It had spread, I had pleurisy (fluid trapped between the lung & the pleural lining) and it had spread into the cartilage of my rib cage!! 😲😲 Oh yeah, it's deadly.
In 1963 my elder brother had a motorbike accident he died after a few days in hospital, my father was then told that he would have died anyway as he had walking pneumonia, he was 20 years old.
Dr Quinn, could atypical pneumonia be diagnosed as asthma? I have 2 friends in their 50s who've been told they have asthma & given inhalers. They've never had asthma before. Both of them have a dry cough & constant fatigue. Thank you for your informative videos.
There are similarities for sure but also differences in triggers, duration, response to antibiotics/inhalers, test results etc. .... Best to discuss their concerns with their healthcare professional 👍🏻
I guess a lot of long covid symptoms are due to ongoing pneumonia. It’s been nearly two years since I had covid pneumonia but still get breathless, very fatigued & occasionally giddy
Going through it at the moment second week on a new antibiotic clarithromycin after doxycycline, getting a lot better as dealing with this since after Christmas.
I’ve had a cough for decades. Repeated trips to the doctors, x rays have shown nothing. Nasal drip, reflux, contracting earlier childhood pneumonia, working in the chemical industry ( fumed silica exposure especially) are all possibilities I’ve thought of. My lungs are long ( need 2 x rays), so that’s another quirk. I just live with it
@ Thank you. I’ll watch them. I have a pigeon chest ( pectus excavatum ? ) and my lungs are very long ( always a double x ray despite me telling them). Running tends to reduce the coughing. A doctor prescribed anti reflux medication and that also helped. I’ve had pneumonia as a child (2) and been heavily exposed to fumed silica ( silicosis), isocyanate ( could hardly breathe) many solvents, fumed acids, asbestos. I’ll watch your videos
There's a mycoplasma epidemic RIGHT NOW in many countries! UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US. There's a dramatic rise in cases globally. 500% in the Netherlands in a couple months.
So there was a legionnaire convention in 1976 and lots of them got legionella? I always run the shower and taps for at least a minute before I use them before using them. People with caravans, extra houses etc need to run the water off regularly as it can grow in the pipes and disperse in the air. People with jacuzzis etc need to filter the water and keep the pump running.
My Dad who is 83 years old has started with excess phlegm in his throat, it sounds terrible and he is constantly trying to get it out coughing and what not, its a thing that seems to be going round as ive heard of others with the same symptoms, young people too. Have you encountered this. Great chanel thank you
There are a lot of people struggling with symptoms similar to what you describe your dad having which is partially why I wanted to make these videos. Perhaps my 2 videos on cough are helpful?
I was 24 when I first got atypical pneumonia I was constantly coughing, tired all the time and because I also had anemia that did not help, I was on iron injections every 6 weeks this had been on going for half a year then I collapsed after getting my iron injection which meant I could no longer get them, I could not take iron tablets as I would be throw up within 20 minutes of taking it. All the while I had the persistent cough 24/7 during the whole ordeal. One day my car started playing up to the point I had to hold the ignition key turned fully on just to drive the car after a lot of hassle I got the car to the dealership where they gave me a temp car, I got to work by now I was running a high fever, my boss took one look at me and sent me home. I got home crawled into bed but found I could not lay flat in bed because my breathing became laboured so I grabbed all the cushions and pillows staked them up against the corner of the bed that was up against the corner of my room I slept for 3 days straight like that by Monday morning I was awake enough to drag myself down to the Dr, I walked into his office and the next thing I knew he was ringing for an ambulance my atypical pneumonia had turned into double pneumonia due to the constant stress cased the previous week. Having your lungs drained is the worst feeling in the world I was in hospital for 2 weeks That was my first time with walking pneumonia I have had twice since then, the worst part is it lasts for months before it finally clears up, but at least once you have had it once it means the Dr’s actually test for it the next time around and don’t just brush it off as what is commonly called in Australia as the “Smokers cough” that’s what it had been written of as the first time around and never got picked up. Funny thing was I had stopped smoking due to the fact of the constant coughing and that smoking made it even harder to breathe. That was back in the 80’s and 90’s My next door neighbour developed a dry cough shortly after I moved into my current home, I spent weeks listening to her coughing away, I finally told her about the walking pneumonia and how it sounded like the “smokers cough” after a few more weeks of it she finally went to the Dr’s and asked to be tested, she had somehow gotten mild pneumonia but in check for that they found lung cancer and she had never smoked a day in her life she died at the age of 96 5 years ago. The worst part of walking pneumonia is it can hide other problems that can be overlooked if I had not pushed her to get checked out she would never of found the cancer and because it was caught sooner than later she was able to get treatment in time and it gave her an extra 10 years on her life, unfortunately 5 years ago it returned and it was aggressive the 2nd time around.
Could you help me. I.jave sufferd with phenomena for 5 yrs. I caught it again 2 weeks ago. This time i was eligible for the jab. But i had the jab pn my 4th day of antibiotics, while i still had pneumonia. Since the ive sufferd bad. Constant migraines. Sick felling. Aches. Chronic tierdness. But my chest is almost clear. As of today the symptoms have started easing off. Just lingering. Will i bo ok. I run my GP 3 times now and carnt past the reception. Can you tell me if need to take action and go to the ETC. Or are the good signs that daily im slightly felling better. Thank you for any information you can help me with. Kind regards Nathan
Sadly, I can't give individualized medical advice. The link below explains how to seek a medical opinion in the UK. I hope you continue to feel better www.nhs.uk/give-feedback-about-the-nhs-website/get-medical-help/
@PlutoPhobia-y7r i live bang in the middle of 4 power stations. Was 5 till last year. 2 coal and 2 nucular. It never enterd my head it could be environmental, there only a few miles apart to. Ty my friend.
@@NathanAskham I am not sure the jab was a good idea and surprised you were given it when ill.I always thought that you shouldn't receive any vaccines if ill In spite of my history I eschew all vaccines.My illness was I think the result of workplace bullying and fear of going of sick when ill..
It used to be well known that someone should not be vaccinated while already ill, particularly if they could have the condition that the vaccine is for.
A relative felt sick enough to go to the doctor. Next day went to the emergency. Died of sepsis hours later. I say, keep some penicillin around because the chance of getting a chest X-ray is next to zero!
My daughter was 14 and sent home from school with a temperature aches and shivers, i looked after her but within 2 or 3 days iwas having flu like symptoms and bent over walking to the gasfire for more warmth ,my daughter got better but i was starting to struggle with my breathing it was like i was suckinb through a straw that was filled with cotton wool and my lungs felt stiff ,my doctor justvsaid it was pneumonia and id managed to walk to the surgery 😮
I'm 39 in the uk and have just recently had pneumonia and pleurisy. I had to go A&E because my lungs were so painful and breathing was extremely hard. Pleurisy affects the elderly. Why i got it at my age is a mystery. I had a Chest X-ray and it revealed it all. My lungs were incredibly inflamed. I was given naproxen to help reduce it. I Do have fibromyalgia but the pain with this and fibromyalgia is different leading me to be very concerned for my health at that point. I have had pneumonia twice and it's no fun. Coughing continuously, coughing up pus, fliud and mucus was all i was doing. It felt like i was drowning but without being in actual water. Take vitamin C and vitamin D all winter is the best time really during the winter months 😉
One cannot help but wonder how many people with walking pneumonia are being diagnosed as COPD. Here in Britain where medical services vary so much in quality one does wonder.
I think I have this. Mind you I shattered my coccyx on the 4th of November and couldn’t get a doctors appointment kept trying for 6 weeks. So getting one for this and getting a correct diagnosis…… it’s laughable.
I had it in November 2024 Thought it was asthma, couldnt walk without loosing breath. Called 111 they sent an ambulance and my oxygen was 76% and temperature was worryingly high. They didnt know how I was managing for 2 weeks suffering in silence. Im fit young and healthy normally Also I didnt know it was contagious 😮
Thanks for the useful information. I had a bit of whats going round last week. One big strong mug of birch polypor tea did the trick and seemed to get rid of it. I've spotted some big ones in a local wood, I will swing by to restock my medicine cabinet soon!
I have COPD a great many times I also have epilepsy with Kypo Scoliosis I think at the same time I got a lumbar spinal Fusion this was so painful Sometime later I had another pneumonia and I was given Doxycycline and 6 little Prednisone Once I don't understand is all the vicious pain has mostly gone things happen for a reason I was smiling again Do you think it was possible that this medication may have been possible for the pain loss it was the only difference in my life Please doctor if you could give me your opinion I understand there are no sureties over a text message but a lo ose reply would be a big help For me they should write unfortunate on the back of my headstone
Eight weeks on high does Co-amoxiclav antibiotics to clear it up eighteen months ago. I was very ill with pneumonia and all this time later I'm still not 100%. I lost a huge amount of weight (muscle mass) and I've been trying to regain condition.
I have a terrible cough since , October tried,not eating, losing weight , thought it was pneumonia ,give my three different antibiotics,I had chest x-ray was a shadow on it but said was radiotherapy damage,IAM recovering from stage 3 breast cancer, but on Dec 23 mist terrible pain in my throat new ,and was green phelm consent ,cough got worse,still have a cough and IAM knackered no answer
I THINK I had the first symptom of walking pneumonia because I had a cough at the beginning of November and just before the New year the cough became so intense that my throat was dry and sometimes I would cough but it felt like I wouldn't have anything to bring up. I now notice that I have a pain under my ribs on the right side and if I lie on that side it's painful, yet the cough is nowhere near as intense as it was but I'm starting to release mucus. Is this a sign of what your talking about?
I had walking pneumonia about 45 years ago when I was about 25 in Missouri USA. Why do you say nobody knows about it? I've never had walking pneumonia again but I've had double pneumonia so many times I can't count them all even after having the pneumonia vaccine series twice.
Thanks for the comment. As I said in the video it's not a commonly used term in the UK and hence why it might seem nobody knows about it here. Well known in the US though
Was advised to have a pneumonia vaccination prior to going on Methotrexate for post melanoma immunotherapy inflammatory arthritis. Definitely had it, and, by the sounds of it, it was likely a wise choice... unless the vaccination doesn't do anything for the type you're discussing here?
getting a follow up appointment with my local gp but after watching this i am just wondering if i could get some advice. back story, i started to get a bad cough on christmas day. that was consistent till a few weeks ago where i got up in the morning, coughed but then found i was unable to breath in at all. my fiance thinking i was choking on something smacked me on the back which helped reset me (i wasn't choking though). i went to the GP who checked me for pneumonia symptoms which i didn't have except for a crackle in my right lung. so she gave me antibiotics for the (amoxicillin for a week) by the end of the week i felt better but i am still coughing badly and still throwing up what looks like white frothy stuff occasionally (sorry) and my energy levels are in the tank, which i had just put down to all the coughing and what feels like a pulled muscle at my ribs. should i ask to be sent for an xray even if my lungs are now clear?
Unfortunately I can't give individualised medical advice. Generally speaking though I think it's essential for patients to tell doctors what their concerns are and what they would like to do or not do. Tests like chest xrays can help rule out a number of issues. Please be open and honest with your doctor and I hope you figure it out together 🙏
Silver can have antibiotic effects. Problem is though it is a metal and can take part in a wide variety of biochemical pathway intertactions. You should not take it in my opinion. Look at Amy Carlson and the Love has won cult. Look at how she died and what caused it. David Icke promotes such things at one time I think so its probably dodgy.
@MedMan-rk3bq I'm in the 4th week and feeling post viral, as you say it's been very mild, but I've been extremely careful not to get cold or let the cough develop so alls good, however I know someone who didn't stop their daily life and after a long train journey to another work meeting got carried off the train by paramedics straight to hospital with pneumonia, so its a tricky one one. Such mild cold symptoms, maybe one day of a low grade fever so if you are the type to push through what feels like a very minor cold you can get in serious trouble. It's been freezing here in the UK and HMPV can be deceptive with its symptoms!
I've had shortness of breath for nearly 2 years. Really restrictive when doing cardio and intermittent at times. Hard to get a satisfactory breath. Have you come across that before?
I've had that, and now I am waiting on 3 hospital referrals to check my heart function as it is now at the stage where I cannot walk far without chest pains or talk for more than 5 minutes without extreme breathlessness and chest pains that feel as though I am being suffocated. Before this happened, tachycardia hit out of the blue and would not decrease to normal resting rate for over an hour - and the breathlessness and chest pain got worse after that. I had been experiencing as you are, for about a year and knew that I felt more fatigued than was "normal" after everyday movement. I exercised a lot and ate healthily, but this has happened anyway. I would get checked over by your GP - just to be sure it is not your heart sending out warning signs. It has really restricted me and with waiting lists being as they are in the UK where I reside, I am still waiting on medication to help. This all started about 7 weeks ago. If I had realised it could be what was happening, I would have gone to get my heart function checked over and asked for them to do it more thoroughly. There is also a history of heart and circulatory conditions in my family history on both sides, and I believe that has played a part in this happening. It is best to ask to be checked than leave it, even if you think it's nothing.
@happyplace345 Thanks for your reply. I hope you get the treatment you are looking for and are able to recover soon. It's a weird one it seems as I don't seem to be able to find much relatable information about it and the doctors I've seen don't seem to know either.
@joe, look up exercise-induced asthma (might be called something else nowadays). If you are breathing fine but then struggle/wheeze once exercising it could be it. Especially if you struggle more for a while once you end your exercise session! I had/have that. Controlled initially with a steroid inhaler, and now seems to be mostly kept in check with a low-inflammatory diet (very low-carb, keto, carnivore). Good luck!
@@mrsnatinatnat true a lot of food causes inflammation i have cut out food the best I can and still managed to get a cough the last few weeks off other people going out all the time i have to watch what i eat and drink don't go out very much i am allergic to some antibiotics i wish people would wake up this can be bad for people with a poor immune system
@mrsnatinatnat Thank you. I don't believe it's that. Some days are better than others whether excersizing or not. Absolutely with you on the low carb/sugar. That helps.
This is what everyone has at the moment dubbed a 100 day cough. We had it from october and only just got the other side. My elderly father with COPD has had 5 lots of antibiotics. I fear for him.
I'm in the UK and felt rough for about 6 months, with a low grade cough and tiredness. Doctors said it was just a bug, nothing to worry about and only suggested a tonic. During a trip to France and still feeling tired and coughing, i popped in to see a Doctor. He said, just after listening to my lungs, you've had pneumonia, your lungs are compromised. He reckoned I'd had it for some time, but it was on it's way out now. How i had been feeling made sense then, and he was right, i started to improve slowly. Just so annoyed it was missed before.
The sad thing is I'm not at all surprised that it wasn't picked up OR even suggested as a possible cause of you feeling unwell. Dr's seem to stick with the most obvious until something more serious happens and forces them to rethink the situation.
Insist on a CAT Scan on your lungs. I’ve had a low grade cough and tiredness. Also terrible pains in my chest. Blue lighted to hospital had X-rays, ultrasound and finally CAT scan advised my lungs are full of clots. On blood thinners now.
Use colloidal silver don't use metal as it takes the silver out it's the best natural antibiotic you can get
@@Wayne-wm6wq Can you buy this over the counter at a chemist in UK?
@@thejd52 hi you should be able to buy it from health shops or I think ancient purity sell it I usually take 5 ml 3 times a day for 3 days then go downt to 2 times a day for 3 days then once a day for 3 days it will kill super bugs do some research they do say on some web sites oh don't take that makes your skin purple er no they as in pharmaceuticals don't want you using it they lose money
My husband 69 fit as anything, goes to the gym , walks, isn't on any medication then starts with a dry persistent cough. Eventually goes to see GP after 6 weeks when started to lose weight and cough became unbearable. They found a shadow on his lung and for 2 months treated him for cancer, taking biopsies, cat scans, x rays etc.. he had lost so much weight his bone were sticking out if his shoulders. Night sweats, green phelm bringing up, now not eating only drank water. Eventually Dr's admitted it wasn't cancer but didn't know what it was. Gave him antibiotics for a month and within 3 days stopped coughing, after 6 days sweats stopped, after 2 weeks was eating and phelm was going and after 6 weeks back to his old self but extremely fragile due to losing so much weight. Now thankfully, 2 years later he is fully recovered and back to the gym.
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING..I HOPE YOU SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE! those docs/hospital staff are not fit for purpose...fuming for you
Shocking that he had to go through biopsies and all
OMG....this must have been so horrible, going true this all...
Antibiotics helped me get rid of bronchitis some years ago...within a few days i feld so much better....but the first doc i went to, told me it was just a bad cough... i got to see another doctor and she told me it was serious and i had to take antibiotics....
Doctors can be very wrong too!!!...
I´m happy your husband is much better now...❤
They’re becoming useless our doct to be honest
@@heatherhigson342can wait for AI to take over the varying expertise in the GP surgery. They fob you off with ‘just a virus’ ‘stress’ without even putting a stethoscope to your chest, taking your temperature etc! Chest X ray? 🤣 they can’t even be bothered to send you for one!! How can they diagnose over the phone or at a 3-5 mins consultations?! Ridiculous. .
I got Pneumonia about 20 years ago in my 40's. Felt awful and when i had to go to the GP for a sick note for work, he told me many older people who don't need sick notes anymore don't visit their GP just believe they will get better and that is when they end up hospitalised. Mind you a different GP at my practice refused to believe that I had had Pneumonia when i saw her 6 months later for something else simply because i had not been hospitalised. That shows how entrenched different views can be.
@@ericajohnson3504 That’s interesting - you mentioned older people believing they will just get better - when my two year old child had pneumonia and was so sick, just limp and couldn’t even stand or sit or eat or barely talk, her older grandparents were trying to stop me taking my child to the doctor saying ‘Oh all kids get sick’ as if it was nothing much to bother about. And, if I had partner support (he sided with them) we would have gone to the hospital, and so I drove to the doctors and had to wheel her in in a pram otherwise carry and hold her all the way. And it took 3 doctor visits over 5 days to find out it was pneumonia after I recognised something in her breathing as pneumonia, (I had had pneumonia before) The infection was very low down and couldn’t be detected without X-rays. She was so sick over that time and not getting any better at all and I was concerned until she finally got antibiotics to begin clearing it. And. As an adult I once had pneumonia and wasn’t hospitalised, just saw my doctor and got medication to take, and had time off work to get better.
@margareth1504 yes, my brother, who was 75 at the time, got double pneumonia and hospitalised because he thought he would get better. I am glad you persisted to get care for your daughter ❤️
@ Hope your brother regained his health after getting the medical attention he really needed. And I’m glad too that I did what my child needed regardless of others.
In NYC, July-August 1995, I was pregnant with my 1st baby. I had a terrible cough, sore throat and lots of green phlegm - all day, not just morning. Weather was so hot, I was going from home indoor cold air-conditioning, to outdoor heat, to hot subway, to cold air-conditioned train, to hot outside, to cold air-conditioning at work ... everyday!
I knew something was wrong and I knew breathing + pushing during labour would be a nightmare, but my obgyn would NOT LISTEN to me. She kept saying it was just strep throat. I'd had strep throat before and I KNEW it was more serious because of the all-day thick green phlegm instead of just morning phlegm. In the end, in complete desperation as baby was due in 2 weeks, I INSISTED on lab test, on my phlegm. Doctor ungraciously gave in. By the time I got home (1 hour later) I had a phone message from doctor saying, "I had walking pneumonia and to collect my antibiotics from the pharmacy immediately!"
A few days later, at my next obgyn visit, when I mentioned my walking pneumonia, my other doctor (2 ladies were my obgyns) got really defensive and aggressively asked "who told you, you had walking pneumonia?" She shut up when I told her it was her partner - maybe she was afraid of being sued for not taking care of me a lot sooner 🤷🏼♀️ Anyway about a week later I finished work that Friday, went into labour Saturday and my 8lbs 6oz daughter was born naturally (USA maternity leave sucks) on Sunday. Breathing during labour was tough but not impossible thanks to the antibiotics. Discharged from hospital Monday (1-night in hospital only covered by my good health insurance ... health insurance companies in USA suck, but that's a whole other story).
I've had pneumonia again since and then got pneumonia vaccine (I'd recommend👍🏻).
So my story ended well, but ONLY because I got angry and desperate and INSISTED I was really sick to my doctor. If I wasn't SO worried about going into labour, I would've probably continued to allow my doctors to railroad me 😭😭😭
@@joan279 that's terrible, I have heard from US relatives and the news just how bad US Healthcare is and Maternity leave (even holidays in general). If you don't mind me saying I think it is appalling in such a wealthy country and actually quite backwards not to have Universal Free Healthcare paid for from your taxes. (i e pay your healthcare money to the Government or State to cover the Healthcare, especially when many firms deny payouts) I think with walking pneumonia you just really have to be prepared to fight if you don't feel well, we all know our own bodies best. Glad you eventually had a positive outcome.
Can GPs diagnose this over the phone? If not, we have no hope.
Must be the Canadian Healthcare system.
I3m a nurse. It's quite apparent to me with family and friends who have a cough that dissmiss it,carry on feeling dreadful and don't think pneumonia is a possibility.
Our whole GP system is based on the premise of it telling us don't bother the doctor with 'coughs' and colds'.
They all have the capability to go very bad very quick.
As opposed to the premise being on swabs for identification and treatment with anti biotics or anti virals.
I had many chest infections when I worked in the hospital as RN. I know from experiences that I had pneumonia because I can’t lay down in bed due to constant coughing so much so I can’t catch my breathe and even hurt my ribs from coughing. Each time I went to my GP and they agree to prescribe antibiotics. It works like magic for me. I once tried to hold out any treatment for 6 wks but gave in and seek treatment. I am glad that my GPS were very good to me.
I had a very bad back ache that just got worse. I went to the doctor and was sent home with paracetamol. That did nothing, The pain became so severe I could hardly talk or walk. Finally called an ambulance that carted me off to the hospital and they did a C T scan. It was pneumonia. This was in the Netherlands.
I had it in 2017, i was cleaning in a school and i got slower and slower, out of breath, yet i was still working and studying as normal but i felt 'off', and couldnt pinpoint what felt wrong. I had been ill since the previous December, had a significant death in the family, a breakdown of a relationship, had to leave my home and make a new life, the stress was unbelievable. Thought i was getting better then it hit, i ended up in hospital with severe double pneumonia. I was pressured into working 6 weeks out of hospital, nearly killed me. This time, yes ,got it again, ive been able to take a year to get better and not rush back into anything.
@@elainecameron5545 Wow I think you are amazing to get through all of that. We people must look after ourselves and glad to hear you are taking the time to really get well again. I don’t know for sure but I thought that we get some scaring on the lungs after having pneumonia and it does actually take a bit of repairing to really get well again, otherwise it goes backwards again. Hope you keep taking good care of yourself. 👍
I am in the uk. ..
Had a bad accident at home and badly banged my right breast ( female ) .. i was rushed to hodpital due to internal bleeding..
They patched me up and sent me home with no aftercare.. Within a few days, my heart was racing 150/160 bpm... Then o started struggling to breathe.. i went to the hospital who said i may have afib even though heart tests were clear .. i was again sent home... I then started having severe pain in my left lung .. Heart rate 170 by now.. went back to the hospital and yet again sent home even though i was shouting that something was terribly wrong.. 24 hours later, i was rushed back in where they finally did tests ..chest x-ray and ct scan.. Turned out i had fluid buold up, pneumonia, and 4 pulmonary embolisms.. If i had waited just 1 more hour, i would have died...
If in doubt, get it checked out.. The uk NHS is in a terrible state 😢..
Thanks for sharing, I hope you're doing better now 🙏🏻 Next video on pulmonary embolisms if you're interested
@MedMan-rk3bq Yes, that would be great.. It needs more awareness because not many people know the symptoms to look out for .. Some people who have it think it's only back strain, and it's a life-threatening condition..
I am still not 100%, but I will get there..
Thank you 😊
Hi Reggie hope your feeling much better now ready for a new Spring time Just awaiting around the corner now for us all now. I've been very poorly myself for the past three weeks but I've managed to hang it out thus far not seeing a Dr. As you say NHS terrible today the reason I've tried to manage it from home with a healthy eating diet, Lemon, Ginger, Cumin, Cinnamon, Garlic, Cucumber, Apples, Peppers, eggs all good foods I'm beginning to feel it's benefits now over these past couple of days. Steve from Manchester 🇬🇧
@@ReggieThePug I had an older relative pass away from pulmonary embolism, the situation was so sad, and no one knew he had it.
@@ReggieThePug So glad you were finally so lucky after trying so hard to get the medical attention you really needed.
I was admitted into hospital last August with double pneumonia & a blood clot on the lung I’ve never felt so ill I spent a week in hospital on permanent oxygen . I had lots of IV antibiotics CT scan & several ECG’s my oxygen levels were only 63% . When I was discharged I was s ent home with three weeks of antiobiotics & needed a course of B12 injections it took me four months to recover back to normal health . I saw my consultant in November & she was pleased to see me looking well . On her computer she showed me the pictures of my lungs that looked so grim but I’m glad to say I’m okay now .
Sounds horrendous! Next video is on pulmonary embolisms if it's of interest
@ thank you I will agree it was a scary experience & I will be watching all your videos especially the one on embolism.
@@MedMan-rk3bqSafe & Effective??
I had atypical pneumonia in 2014 at the age of 58, i soent 5 nights in hospital, i was treated with iv antibiotics, fluids and potassium.I was very sick in admission to hospital, my CRP was 345. I made a full recovery and no bacteria was isolated in spite of needing high dose antibiotics.
There are a lot of doctors who never should have graduated.
These days it's impossible not to pass the requirements are so low! My latest app was with a trainee doc - had a terrible time, he was rubbish!
I never thought I’d say this but I agree.
It's very true. Standards in the UK are getting lower and lower. I'm a med student here but using US resources to actually learn something. Lots of bs tutorials about sTigMa but little science teaching. Anatomy students get to do dissection but we don't. Complete disorganization - the director of the course is someone who can't even type correctly. This is at a Russell group university.. All they care about is DiVersiTy (a.k.a money from international student) whilst teaching the bare minimum - they have us memorize drug names without even understanding the mechanism of action. Hippocrates is turning in his grave..
Dentist too, and nurses that can't even take blood, wiggling the needle to get a vein then letting blood pour out everywhere
@@sallyedwards7162 You know why? They don't even let us practice blood taking on fake arms because it's a hAzARd. The NHS and their stupid regulations matter more than common sense and patient welfare.
I had Walking Pneumonia in 1987 at age 31. It made me *extremely weak,* but no other symptoms. I got an antibiotic after one day and recovered quickly. My mother had undiagnosed Walking Pneumonia in 2003, when she was 90, and *she was very sick.* But she was eventually diagnosed and got an antibiotic... and bounced back quickly.
I’ve been a carer for decades and had 2 clients with no symptoms but it’s just that they had gone off their food I’ve called the doctor in and yes they both had double pneumonia. This also happened to my mum, her breathing was laboured and had gone off her food a bit. Took her to the GP who said she was fine. A week later I rushed her into hospital as she had double pneumonia along with sepsis
I must have gotten this over the Xmas it's now the 25th of January and I still feel like shit
About 40+ years ago a partner of my husband's company, "had a cold." He went to work and took a nap... three hours later, he was found dead. He was 45.
@@deborahdufel1664 so sorry to hear that. I send my deepest of sympathy and best regards
Hi I have asthma,2021/22, I was, isolated at home,my choice as there was people in hospital dropping Luke fly's we have a first class medical practice,in our rural area,but now I take vitamin D3&K2 supplements ,I have had,no asthma problems or any other chest problems,I did,have conversation with my GP.i told him I have never felt ,he offered to prescribe vit.D injections, during the winter months instead of the Flu jab of which I refused to have during COVID never again was my answer
@@JohnLeigh-g4m I'll try them vits ty so much
Oh my goodness! So sorry to hear that x
I was teaching English in Thailand around the same time as it happens. Heard about a teacher who had 'a bit of a fever 'and went to bed in the evening and ditto.
Thank you very much, I have never heard of this before.
You're welcome!
I had walking Pneumonia in 1995, i was in my early 20's. Dry cough for months, no energy. After many blood tests they finally diagnosed me with it. Just told me to take it easy for a few weeks.
A few years later i had flu followed by viral Pleurisy, then in my 40's got diagnosed with COPD/ Emphysema.
Never heard of “Walking pneumonia”! Thanks 🎉
You're welcome!
Something that I am not hearing anyone talking about is vertigo as a symptom of pneumonia. My poor dad became unwell and said he felt really dizzy when he sat upright. I called an ambulance as he seemed to be getting worse and he wasn’t normally one to complain about illness, so this was a red flag. He was taken to hospital, assessed and was found to have pneumonia. After a week he was sent home again with antibiotics but said that he felt he had been sent home too early. (This was during the pandemic and I think the hospital wanted the beds.) A week later he was back in hospital with double pneumonia, in other words it had spread to his other lung!
Two weeks later he was dead. I blame myself that I didn’t get him back into hospital straight away. To me it seems that he wasn’t given the right drugs or a long enough course of drugs to clear the infection. Could it have been walking pneumonia and they sent him home because he could walk about? The aftercare was non-existent. I think someone at the hospital should have followed up to see if he was okay. Anyway, I wanted to highlight this issue of vertigo as it might help someone. I miss my Dad every day.
I had vertigo when I couldn’t even walk in a straight line. I was only in hospital for three or four days, I also had low potassium levels.
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Neurological symptoms are known to be part of viral and bacterial infections but doctors in the US don't acknowledge it as a symptom, they only care about temperature (mine is always lower than normal) and if they hear wheezing
I’m so sorry to hear about yr Dad.
When something like this happens, we tend to suffer great guilt...
“If only I’d fought more w the hosp”, “If only I’d been more observant “, “if only...”
And this burdensome guilt is compounded by crushing grief and loss.
Please, see if u can talk to a professional to help deal w these gnawing feelings, otherwise your health, and emotions will be damaged. You want to be able to think of, and remember your Dad with love and fond memories...not with anger, frustration and guilt.
A good councillor will only take a few visit to help you with this.
Kind regards from from Louise.
LouiseAustralia 🦘
@@louiseeckert1574 Thank you for your kind words. Rest assured, I do remember my Dad with love and fond memories and I did see a counsellor. I just miss not having him around, hence I want others to know about his symptoms so they can catch it early.
Dr Quinn...Medicine Man 😊 thanks for the info
My pleasure
I had lung crackles and air hunger for a whole year before collapsing and developing double pneumonia literally overnight. Hospitalised, first round of antibiotics failed. I'm fine now, but still have no idea WTF happened and why it came on so quickly. Up til that point the GP couldn't find anything but gave me an inhaler. Later came to find out that a bunch of people in my area had it at the same time.
Thank you for your shared time and Video 📹 Dr Quin.
Very helpful information Respect Steve from Manchester 🇬🇧
My pleasure! And thanks for the lovely comment Steve!
That's helpful to know what to listen for. I had a colleague that had walking pneumonia. He was hospitalised several times before being diagnosed. He looked so grey and pasty on the few times he tried returning to work.
Two years ago, I had a chest infection that lasted 5 months and my lungs were bubbling audibly with every breath. They didn't even need a stethoscope to hear it, and antibiotics didn't shift it. I didn't heal till they finally gave me steroids. I have no idea why I was so ill for so long but it was frightening and debilitating.
During caregiving I contracted pneumonia. Pretty awful. If someone around you has a cough, mask up. Get them to the doctor to check their lungs. No joke. I was almost hospitalized and needed 3 rounds of antibiotics.
A mask will not protect you from anything but can give you bacterial pneumonia. It will also reduce blood o2 levels and increase co2 levels. Not good for health.
My 16 year old Great-granddaughter had Walking Pneumonia before Christmas, here in Australia. She was very unwell for weeks
Luckily, her doctor picked it up quickly.
Great overview. Highlights the dilemma and skill required by the doctor, not so easily differentiated by telemedicine. (You spelled penicillin with two Es, I’ve not seen that before!)
I knew someone would eventually notice the misspelling! 😅 Thanks for the comment and high praise!
My father died in Feb. 1973. I was a Senior in high school, and had enough credits to graduate end of December. I hadn't been feeling good for a few weeks. At least 3 and maybe more. I couldn't really breathe right. I felt like I had a feather in my throat.So I would sort of half breathe, until my throat tickled too much and I went into a coughing fit. I had been to the Dr. twice, before my Father died. Just before the funeral, I'm looking at some flowers my class sent. I'd had some clear hot broth for breakfast because I didn't feel well. Suddenly out of nowhere, I erupt vomited clear broth into the flowers. Confused, cause I did Not feel nauseous. My older brothers accused me of wanting to be the center of attention🙄. (I'm a book worm, love to fly under the radar.) I started crying and Mom flew in front of me and said," She's sick! She's going back to the Doctor." She made me stay home, the next day the doctor took a chest x-ray and confirmed *walking pneumonia* I was on bed rest most of spring, but being assist director for plays I insisted on doing the plays. I never felt fully right until end of summer. When college started, I ended up getting Mono by December. Go figure. And then another round of walking pneumonia. But I pushed through, because I'm an athlete, and couldn't not move, after a certain point. I was finally better the following fall and could go canoeing down the Mississippi for 3 1/2 months for a college class. What a ride. Both with the pneumonia and the trip.I'm curious which of the three categories you would put me in? I'm thinking the 2nd one, cause I felt like I was getting better, than I got worse.
I was in my early thirties. One day, I was happily going about my morning when out of the blue I fell desperately ill. I had an extremely high temperature and felt delirious. I remember so clearly that my phone was on the opposite bedside table to where I collapsed and I could not crawl across the bed to reach it to call for help for about an hour. My husband came home from work and took me to the doctor. I had NO symptoms except feeling extremely ill. No cough at all. I spent the next week having every kind of scan of all my organs to try to determine what was wrong. It was only on the Friday that as an afterthought, the doctor decided to do a simple chest xray. And there it was, this dark patch on my lung . The right course of antibiotics and the acute symptoms were gone, but it took weeks to regain my strength. And I was a robust, healthy young woman. I stillsay it was the most sick I have ever been, and I am now 64.
A friend of mine lived in a static caravan and caught rainwater that he stored in a large plastic tank and used for washing and showering. He developed pneumonia one year which was successfully treated with antibiotics, but it was always a puzzle to him as to how he caught it. It was only years later, when I underwent legionella training that we agreed his symptoms were a perfect match for it.
There's been mass outbreaks around Australia. Took this Australian household from end of May 2024 (our winter) and (despite multiple antibiotics) we didn't get rid of it completely until Xmas. Partner has lung scarring, both avoided covid so far, so hit him hard. We're both high risk for covid thanks to lowered immunity. Nothing trivial, that cough nearly killed him, it also caused massive hayfever reactions, partner still hasn't cleared the last of his sinus blockages. It's awful.
Have had it more than once and didn't know I had it the first time
but when the Doctor diagnosed the first time she first looked at my gums and my finger nails (they were pale) and then she checked my lungs but on my back and she said she could hear a rattling in the lower part of my left lung and she was only using a stethoscope so she must have had great hearing! Before the first Dr diagnosed me with it (I was early 30's) I had NEVER heard of "Walking" Pneumonia 😮🤷🏻♀️💯
Oh, man. I think that first walking pneumonia was what I had when I was about 17. I went to the doctor here in Denmark (this was in the mid nineties) first when I had had dry cough and loss of breath for a couple of months.
The doc listened to my lungs and sent me home with the dx of "cold pneumonia"/kold lungebetændelse, as it was called here.
I had to go back after another month or so, and I was put on penicillin, but to no effect.
I was then put on something else, and things cleared up very quickly.
I had a bad experience and have always thought until now, watching this video, that I was misdiagnosed due to an unprofessional GP not bothering.
I wish that GP had shared with me how difficult it can be to catch that dx correctly instead of treating me like I was just in the way and probably seeking attention.
I would have understood, even at 16.
As many bad experiences I've had with the healthcare system, I have had great ones too. My current GP of 15 years is awesome and I appreciate her so much, as do i the clinic nurse, who is both calm and competent, but also hilarious.
Thank you to all the health care pros out there who keep your humanity and empathy despite high pressure and the absurd systems you have to work under.
Wow, FAB information, thank you Doc 🙏❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Hi from Montréal, in '84 I worked in a tiny gas station booth, very sick from A/C so I turned it off! I did call what I had Leginnaires disease, yes self-diagnonsed, guy who lived with me said "Stop saying that, people get very sick from that (which is what I'd been) and it sounds so stupid". I was right though wasn't I, even more right ditching him after 7 yrs onto guy next door, we're celebrating our 30th!😊
Back in the 80's the factory i worked had a cooling system where warmed water would drip into a open tank. I kept well away from it knowing about Legionaries disease.
I had it Im sure. I lay in bed for four days propped up on pillows. My lungs only let me take short breaths and I coughed continually.It went eventually. I found Lemsip helped a bit. Making my way to the loo got me feeling weak even. My son was good and made me a few meals of baked beans, about all I could fancy, and without bread.
Fantastic. Thankyou.
Rotorua, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Glad it was useful!
I had this last year. I coughed continuously so much, vomited so hard, I strained my vocal chords and lost my voice entirely for a month and had blocked sinuses which rendered me mostly deaf. Steroids helped but the GP said it was lingering in one lung as it was hard to get rid of. I'm 67 and never felt so weak and breathless ever before. All up sick for 3 months.
I had this twice, October 2022 and October 2023. Both times I caught this in my gym. Started as a cough, bad cough, then ended up awful. I couldn’t sleep in my bed as I kept having mucus and post nasal drip into my chest, causing me to get up and empty my chest. I ended up trying to sleep upright on my sofa for any shut eye, but even then it was awful. Took until January until I felt a bit better, but took ages to get my lungs back. I think both bouts have made me asthmatic and I am still awaiting my second round of nhs testing.
The nhs failed me entirely. It took 14 days to see my GP which I can see from my window! Horrendous service, took weeks to get anti-biotics.
They were useless as well. When I went there, my chest breathing was clear yet I was washed out, pale, and unable to sleep.
I am a high rate tax payer and have been paying taxes for over 20 years yet am unable to use the services that I pay for. I had to go through my private health insurance.
NHS needs to be disbanded and privatised. I am happy for this to be done as I pay for it regardless.
I know about it. I was told by my doctor that I had it. I then walked home and collapsed.
I had this for the 3rd time when I was 19. That 3rd time I had know no idea & no insurance. So I kept going to work. Every morning I felt significantly better. By noon I felt horrible, but fought through the rest of the day. This went on for 10 months until I no longer felt better in the morning. The doctor in the ER was shocked that I had it for 10 months, and at the amount of fluid in my lungs. Right side was 60% filled, and left side about 40%. After thar 3rd time I decide to stop smoking pot altogether, and never had it again. Plus I only get a cold once a year, and the flu once every 3 to 5 years for the next 30+ plus years.
I have had bi lateral atypical bacterial pneumonia twice at 38 and 40 admitted to hospital both times. Both appeared fast. My main symptom is always slight breathlessness not much of a cough until the iv antibotics kick in
In the UK getting an appointment with a GP without being fobbed off with just a phone call from a Nurse Practitioner, if that, is difficult. Since COVID GPs have gotten used to not seeing anyone and have become lazy and not worth the money they are paid.
It's interesting yet saddening to hear this view point. GPs in the UK get paid less than most European countries and there are less GPs per capita than most European countries. Perhaps the reason you can't see one is that there aren't enough of them? I wish things were better so GPs and patients alike could be happier and healthier 🙏🏻
Had pneumonia last year in April, wife said i had symptoms of sepsis so she made me go to the doctors, by which time id started feeling better so i knew my immune system was beating it, all i did was drink plenty distilled water, have epsom salt baths and sleep sitting up. Doctor wasn't happy with my sepsis symptoms so told me to go straight up hospital where i had blood tests which came back clear thankfully my chest xray confirmed pneumonia so doctors have me doxycycline and penicillin...then the wife caught it🙄
had walking Pneumonia 20 years ago. Now left with scared lungs.Every year i have a chest infection.
I used to get 2 lung infections a year until a doctor prescribed vit d3 for a different reason. There are studies on D3 and asthma and bronchitis. Do some .research. 😊
Yes thank you
Both my granddaughters (aged 16 & 5) were diagnosed with walking pneumonia recently. They weren’t x-rayed though, just listened to lungs with stethoscope. 🇦🇺
I got walking pneumonia at 16 …. The doctor couldn’t believe I walked to the hospital over 5 miles he treated me with penicillin I was feeling great the next day the over 50 years ago
Would love to see something on pulsatile tinnitus. I've had it for over a year. It can be anything from high blood pressure to tumours or blocked arteries in the neck.
An interesting topic indeed and thanks for the suggestion! There's so many topics I'm excited about sharing first but it's going on the list now for sure!
Thanks, really appreciate that 🫶
Hi
I’m in UK and our local garage owner has had a cough for months and we haven’t seen him for at least a year and yesterday his daughter told us that one of his lungs has fluid and infection at the bottom and described his lung at the top as squishy.
I get the impression that his outlook is bad.
Do you think that he might have pneumonia?
He has stopped working as he is tired a lot and we want to help him as much as possible
Amanda ❤
Please forgive me. That's how my hubby was. Get hum checked for cancer. My hubby suffered for 2 years, difficult to breath, exhausted, got dizzy, I paid for an mri. He died 3 weeks later of cancer.
@ oh I’m so very sorry about your loss of your husband.
I have messaged him today so hopefully he’ll reply as he loves it where our land is.
Our friend is such a kind man who would always help us so let’s hope he accepts our help
Amanda 🥰
In 2018 I got the flu jab, within a day I felt really ill, I thought it would pass, 2 days later I was feeling a lot worse so I called my doctor, he said just rest and take paracetamol, on the 4th day i was vomiting, felt delirious, my left lung was aching and I couldn't breathe properly, the doctor reluctantly decided to see me at the surgery, my oxygen level was really low, so he called an ambulance, i ended up in ICU with pneumonia and sepsis, i was very lucky to survive
Similar story, no more injections for me.2017-18.
@bertibear1300 same here, haven't had another jab since
@bertibear1300 same with COVID, didn't get those jabs either, I don't trust any of them
God! Had a flu jab in 2018, which made me so ill that I thought I would die. I haven't had a flu jab since I noticed that I would be sicker frequently and it took longer to recover, whereas now, I don't get ill, and if I do, I bounce back quickly. I didn't have the C*vid 💉either 👏
@@user-ln4qe1sh8i yeah it's frightening 😳
I’ve had this twice. The first time I was in my 40s living in England. The cough was awful but I was coping and still working, etc. After many weeks the chemist refused to sell me any more cough medicine over the counter. I went to the doctor several times but they were dismissive. One night I started struggling to breath. Luckily I was with my mother and she called an ambulance. I was so ill I couldn’t speak. In hospital I was diagnosed with pneumonia and pleurisy given antibiotics and discharged the same day.
The second time the doctor sent me for an x-ray and gave me antibiotics straight away and it was cured without without any drama.
Question: Is the pneumonia vaccine effective against this type of pneumonia?
No, it isn't
Do not take any injections. I used to take the flu injection every year, and got ill every year. Without it, I've been sick one year out of 4. I'll use my, albeit poor, immune system, and now I know to take VitD3/K2/Mag.
I understand that you could not talk. If your lungs are infected and you can’t breathe, then you will barely be able to speak either because you need breath to speak. Some people don’t get that. My two year old had pneumonia and couldn’t stand or sit up or eat or talk fluently. Only could drink from a bottle, and say ‘Oh mum’ and ‘yes or no’. By asking does it hurt here, or there she could say yes or no, and it was her chest every-time I asked. Her head also at times. The doctors said it was a virus and my partner and his family were protesting that I went to the doctor for a common virus, but I took my child by myself 3 times to the doctors over 5 days, and on the 5th day I asked if it could be pneumonia, then we got X-rays which showed pneumonia, not a virus. I knew it was pneumonia for sure on day 5 when my child was making a sound in breathing that I recall doing myself when I had pneumonia as a child. Its hard to explain but its like you hold your breath for a moment, then try to push air out with your chest and it is quite a bit difficult to breathe.
I certainly hope the upcoming vaccine works. I’m currently on a trial for the pneumonia vaccine that now covers 100 of the 100 strains, rather than the previous vaccine, which only covers 18 strains. Hopefully it will eradicate pneumonia. 🇦🇺
I wonder if it is as safe and effective as the last vaccine that was rolled out. 🤔
I’ve had pneumonia twice, pretty horrible. Being an asthmatic since I was 9 months (64 now) I’m prone to chest infections. When I can feel one coming on I take Bee Propolis, it seems to clear me up.
I've had pneumonia twice also and I get Adult Croup nearly every year (I've gotten Croup since childhood). I got the pneumonia vaccine a few years ago, with no issues, and I think it's helped.
My sister went into hospital (she was tachycardic) on the ward she contracted pneumonia a week later after being in critical care she was dead. Multiple organ failure and MI. PM was inconclusive.
I always thought the walking part just meant "hidden", like no fever or fatigue so people walk around without knowing they have pneumonia! I had it in my 20s and by the time I went to the doctor he screamed at me! 😂😂 "Why did you wait so long!?" He said if I had waited one more day I would be in the hospitalize with a 50/50 chance of survival. It had spread, I had pleurisy (fluid trapped between the lung & the pleural lining) and it had spread into the cartilage of my rib cage!! 😲😲 Oh yeah, it's deadly.
In 1963 my elder brother had a motorbike accident he died after a few days in hospital, my father was then told that he would have died anyway as he had walking pneumonia, he was 20 years old.
Dr Quinn, could atypical pneumonia be diagnosed as asthma? I have 2 friends in their 50s who've been told they have asthma & given inhalers. They've never had asthma before. Both of them have a dry cough & constant fatigue.
Thank you for your informative videos.
There are similarities for sure but also differences in triggers, duration, response to antibiotics/inhalers, test results etc. .... Best to discuss their concerns with their healthcare professional 👍🏻
A good glutathione clears lungs has to be a spray and under the tongue
I guess a lot of long covid symptoms are due to ongoing pneumonia. It’s been nearly two years since I had covid pneumonia but still get breathless, very fatigued & occasionally giddy
Can it be detected by carrying out a sputum test?
Yes! Some times
Going through it at the moment second week on a new antibiotic clarithromycin after doxycycline, getting a lot better as dealing with this since after Christmas.
Glad the treatment is working for you
Four years ago I lost all trust in the medical profession.
I'm sorry to hear that 😢
@@MedMan-rk3bqMy local doctors don’t seem to care anymore.
100% agree the NHS and most other western world Health care Agencies were weaponised against the people
Me too.
Just roll up your sleeve and take that jab! No more!
I’ve had a cough for decades. Repeated trips to the doctors, x rays have shown nothing. Nasal drip, reflux, contracting earlier childhood pneumonia, working in the chemical industry ( fumed silica exposure especially) are all possibilities I’ve thought of. My lungs are long ( need 2 x rays), so that’s another quirk. I just live with it
Use either diatomaceous earth or colloidal silver if you use silver don't use metal as it takes the silver out
Maybe one of my 2 other videos might be of help?
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@ Thank you. Re ‘ use metal’ do you mean metal working?
@ Thank you. I’ll watch them.
I have a pigeon chest ( pectus excavatum ? ) and my lungs are very long ( always a double x ray despite me telling them). Running tends to reduce the coughing. A doctor prescribed anti reflux medication and that also helped.
I’ve had pneumonia as a child (2) and been heavily exposed to fumed silica ( silicosis), isocyanate ( could hardly breathe) many solvents, fumed acids, asbestos. I’ll watch your videos
@@bonditltd5346 no don't use metal with it I use a plastic spoon otherwise it takes the silver out and won't work
There's a mycoplasma epidemic RIGHT NOW in many countries! UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US. There's a dramatic rise in cases globally. 500% in the Netherlands in a couple months.
So there was a legionnaire convention in 1976 and lots of them got legionella?
I always run the shower and taps for at least a minute before I use them before using them. People with caravans, extra houses etc need to run the water off regularly as it can grow in the pipes and disperse in the air.
People with jacuzzis etc need to filter the water and keep the pump running.
Thank you. The ground glass appearance on x rays also happens with covid. Have you covered this in another video?
No! But I think a video series on COVID on general would be a great idea thank you!
My Dad who is 83 years old has started with excess phlegm in his throat, it sounds terrible and he is constantly trying to get it out coughing and what not, its a thing that seems to be going round as ive heard of others with the same symptoms, young people too. Have you encountered this. Great chanel thank you
There are a lot of people struggling with symptoms similar to what you describe your dad having which is partially why I wanted to make these videos. Perhaps my 2 videos on cough are helpful?
I was 24 when I first got atypical pneumonia I was constantly coughing, tired all the time and because I also had anemia that did not help, I was on iron injections every 6 weeks this had been on going for half a year then I collapsed after getting my iron injection which meant I could no longer get them, I could not take iron tablets as I would be throw up within 20 minutes of taking it. All the while I had the persistent cough 24/7 during the whole ordeal. One day my car started playing up to the point I had to hold the ignition key turned fully on just to drive the car after a lot of hassle I got the car to the dealership where they gave me a temp car, I got to work by now I was running a high fever, my boss took one look at me and sent me home.
I got home crawled into bed but found I could not lay flat in bed because my breathing became laboured so I grabbed all the cushions and pillows staked them up against the corner of the bed that was up against the corner of my room I slept for 3 days straight like that by Monday morning I was awake enough to drag myself down to the Dr, I walked into his office and the next thing I knew he was ringing for an ambulance my atypical pneumonia had turned into double pneumonia due to the constant stress cased the previous week.
Having your lungs drained is the worst feeling in the world I was in hospital for 2 weeks
That was my first time with walking pneumonia I have had twice since then, the worst part is it lasts for months before it finally clears up, but at least once you have had it once it means the Dr’s actually test for it the next time around and don’t just brush it off as what is commonly called in Australia as the “Smokers cough” that’s what it had been written of as the first time around and never got picked up. Funny thing was I had stopped smoking due to the fact of the constant coughing and that smoking made it even harder to breathe. That was back in the 80’s and 90’s
My next door neighbour developed a dry cough shortly after I moved into my current home, I spent weeks listening to her coughing away, I finally told her about the walking pneumonia and how it sounded like the “smokers cough” after a few more weeks of it she finally went to the Dr’s and asked to be tested, she had somehow gotten mild pneumonia but in check for that they found lung cancer and she had never smoked a day in her life she died at the age of 96 5 years ago.
The worst part of walking pneumonia is it can hide other problems that can be overlooked if I had not pushed her to get checked out she would never of found the cancer and because it was caught sooner than later she was able to get treatment in time and it gave her an extra 10 years on her life, unfortunately 5 years ago it returned and it was aggressive the 2nd time around.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us
I'm unfortunately acquainted with it. A number of people in the home town, including a few friends, died from it 2018.
Could you help me. I.jave sufferd with phenomena for 5 yrs. I caught it again 2 weeks ago. This time i was eligible for the jab. But i had the jab pn my 4th day of antibiotics, while i still had pneumonia. Since the ive sufferd bad. Constant migraines. Sick felling. Aches. Chronic tierdness. But my chest is almost clear. As of today the symptoms have started easing off. Just lingering. Will i bo ok. I run my GP 3 times now and carnt past the reception. Can you tell me if need to take action and go to the ETC. Or are the good signs that daily im slightly felling better. Thank you for any information you can help me with. Kind regards Nathan
Sadly, I can't give individualized medical advice. The link below explains how to seek a medical opinion in the UK. I hope you continue to feel better www.nhs.uk/give-feedback-about-the-nhs-website/get-medical-help/
@PlutoPhobia-y7r i live bang in the middle of 4 power stations. Was 5 till last year. 2 coal and 2 nucular. It never enterd my head it could be environmental, there only a few miles apart to. Ty my friend.
@@MedMan-rk3bq i understand and ty for youre time and info.
@@NathanAskham I am not sure the jab was a good idea and surprised you were given it when ill.I always thought that you shouldn't receive any vaccines if ill
In spite of my history I eschew all vaccines.My illness was I think the result of workplace bullying and fear of going of sick when ill..
It used to be well known that someone should not be vaccinated while already ill, particularly if they could have the condition that the vaccine is for.
A relative felt sick enough to go to the doctor. Next day went to the emergency. Died of sepsis hours later. I say, keep some penicillin around because the chance of getting a chest X-ray is next to zero!
My daughter was 14 and sent home from school with a temperature aches and shivers, i looked after her but within 2 or 3 days iwas having flu like symptoms and bent over walking to the gasfire for more warmth ,my daughter got better but i was starting to struggle with my breathing it was like i was suckinb through a straw that was filled with cotton wool and my lungs felt stiff ,my doctor justvsaid it was pneumonia and id managed to walk to the surgery 😮
I'm 39 in the uk and have just recently had pneumonia and pleurisy. I had to go A&E because my lungs were so painful and breathing was extremely hard. Pleurisy affects the elderly. Why i got it at my age is a mystery. I had a Chest X-ray and it revealed it all. My lungs were incredibly inflamed. I was given naproxen to help reduce it. I Do have fibromyalgia but the pain with this and fibromyalgia is different leading me to be very concerned for my health at that point. I have had pneumonia twice and it's no fun. Coughing continuously, coughing up pus, fliud and mucus was all i was doing. It felt like i was drowning but without being in actual water. Take vitamin C and vitamin D all winter is the best time really during the winter months 😉
One cannot help but wonder how many people with walking pneumonia are being diagnosed as COPD. Here in Britain where medical services vary so much in quality one does wonder.
I think I have this. Mind you I shattered my coccyx on the 4th of November and couldn’t get a doctors appointment kept trying for 6 weeks. So getting one for this and getting a correct diagnosis…… it’s laughable.
I had it in November 2024 Thought it was asthma, couldnt walk without loosing breath. Called 111 they sent an ambulance and my oxygen was 76% and temperature was worryingly high. They didnt know how I was managing for 2 weeks suffering in silence.
Im fit young and healthy normally Also I didnt know it was contagious 😮
I had a large shadow on my lung and was sent home from hospital with a pulled muscle to return later bk by ambulance 😢
Thank you 👍🏼
You’re welcome 😊
Thanks for the useful information. I had a bit of whats going round last week. One big strong mug of birch polypor tea did the trick and seemed to get rid of it. I've spotted some big ones in a local wood, I will swing by to restock my medicine cabinet soon!
In the past 5 years I've had cancer, blood clots and now pneumonia... I've been taking mullein leaf and oregano oil which gives some respite
So sorry, sounds very rough indeed. I hope you're coping ok. Next video is on lung clots if it's of any interest. Take care 🙏🏻
Thank goodness we can have a preventative jab at 60 here in the UK
Agreed! Unfortunately it doesn't cover walking pneumonia but it does cover the nasty one!
I have COPD a great many times I also have epilepsy with Kypo Scoliosis I think at the same time I got a lumbar spinal Fusion this was so painful
Sometime later I had another pneumonia and I was given Doxycycline and 6 little Prednisone
Once I don't understand is all the vicious pain has mostly gone things happen for a reason
I was smiling again
Do you think it was possible that this medication may have been possible for the pain loss it was the only difference in my life
Please doctor if you could give me your opinion I understand there are no sureties over a text message but a lo ose reply would be a big help
For me they should write unfortunate on the back of my headstone
Thanks :)
Can it be diagnosed over the phone if not get your life in order.
Eight weeks on high does Co-amoxiclav antibiotics to clear it up eighteen months ago. I was very ill with pneumonia and all this time later I'm still not 100%. I lost a huge amount of weight (muscle mass) and I've been trying to regain condition.
I have a terrible cough since , October tried,not eating, losing weight , thought it was pneumonia ,give my three different antibiotics,I had chest x-ray was a shadow on it but said was radiotherapy damage,IAM recovering from stage 3 breast cancer, but on Dec 23 mist terrible pain in my throat new ,and was green phelm consent ,cough got worse,still have a cough and IAM knackered no answer
I THINK I had the first symptom of walking pneumonia because I had a cough at the beginning of November and just before the New year the cough became so intense that my throat was dry and sometimes I would cough but it felt like I wouldn't have anything to bring up. I now notice that I have a pain under my ribs on the right side and if I lie on that side it's painful, yet the cough is nowhere near as intense as it was but I'm starting to release mucus. Is this a sign of what your talking about?
I had walking pneumonia about 45 years ago when I was about 25 in Missouri USA. Why do you say nobody knows about it?
I've never had walking pneumonia again but I've had double pneumonia so many times I can't count them all even after having the pneumonia vaccine series twice.
Thanks for the comment. As I said in the video it's not a commonly used term in the UK and hence why it might seem nobody knows about it here. Well known in the US though
Was advised to have a pneumonia vaccination prior to going on Methotrexate for post melanoma immunotherapy inflammatory arthritis.
Definitely had it, and, by the sounds of it, it was likely a wise choice... unless the vaccination doesn't do anything for the type you're discussing here?
It doesn't prevent this type but it does give you protection from the nasty type of the more common "typical pneumonia"
getting a follow up appointment with my local gp but after watching this i am just wondering if i could get some advice. back story, i started to get a bad cough on christmas day. that was consistent till a few weeks ago where i got up in the morning, coughed but then found i was unable to breath in at all. my fiance thinking i was choking on something smacked me on the back which helped reset me (i wasn't choking though). i went to the GP who checked me for pneumonia symptoms which i didn't have except for a crackle in my right lung. so she gave me antibiotics for the (amoxicillin for a week) by the end of the week i felt better but i am still coughing badly and still throwing up what looks like white frothy stuff occasionally (sorry) and my energy levels are in the tank, which i had just put down to all the coughing and what feels like a pulled muscle at my ribs. should i ask to be sent for an xray even if my lungs are now clear?
Unfortunately I can't give individualised medical advice. Generally speaking though I think it's essential for patients to tell doctors what their concerns are and what they would like to do or not do. Tests like chest xrays can help rule out a number of issues. Please be open and honest with your doctor and I hope you figure it out together 🙏
FDA say it not safe to take ( colloidal silver)
That must mean it works then
Silver can have antibiotic effects.
Problem is though it is a metal and can take part in a wide variety of biochemical pathway intertactions.
You should not take it in my opinion.
Look at Amy Carlson and the Love has won cult. Look at how she died and what caused it.
David Icke promotes such things at one time I think so its probably dodgy.
Is this anything to do with the HMPV1 ?
Yes! Although less common, less severe and no need for antibiotics is my understanding
@MedMan-rk3bq I'm in the 4th week and feeling post viral, as you say it's been very mild, but I've been extremely careful not to get cold or let the cough develop so alls good, however I know someone who didn't stop their daily life and after a long train journey to another work meeting got carried off the train by paramedics straight to hospital with pneumonia, so its a tricky one one. Such mild cold symptoms, maybe one day of a low grade fever so if you are the type to push through what feels like a very minor cold you can get in serious trouble. It's been freezing here in the UK and HMPV can be deceptive with its symptoms!
I've had shortness of breath for nearly 2 years. Really restrictive when doing cardio and intermittent at times. Hard to get a satisfactory breath. Have you come across that before?
I've had that, and now I am waiting on 3 hospital referrals to check my heart function as it is now at the stage where I cannot walk far without chest pains or talk for more than 5 minutes without extreme breathlessness and chest pains that feel as though I am being suffocated. Before this happened, tachycardia hit out of the blue and would not decrease to normal resting rate for over an hour - and the breathlessness and chest pain got worse after that. I had been experiencing as you are, for about a year and knew that I felt more fatigued than was "normal" after everyday movement. I exercised a lot and ate healthily, but this has happened anyway. I would get checked over by your GP - just to be sure it is not your heart sending out warning signs. It has really restricted me and with waiting lists being as they are in the UK where I reside, I am still waiting on medication to help. This all started about 7 weeks ago. If I had realised it could be what was happening, I would have gone to get my heart function checked over and asked for them to do it more thoroughly. There is also a history of heart and circulatory conditions in my family history on both sides, and I believe that has played a part in this happening. It is best to ask to be checked than leave it, even if you think it's nothing.
@happyplace345 Thanks for your reply. I hope you get the treatment you are looking for and are able to recover soon. It's a weird one it seems as I don't seem to be able to find much relatable information about it and the doctors I've seen don't seem to know either.
@joe, look up exercise-induced asthma (might be called something else nowadays). If you are breathing fine but then struggle/wheeze once exercising it could be it. Especially if you struggle more for a while once you end your exercise session! I had/have that. Controlled initially with a steroid inhaler, and now seems to be mostly kept in check with a low-inflammatory diet (very low-carb, keto, carnivore). Good luck!
@@mrsnatinatnat true a lot of food causes inflammation i have cut out food the best I can and still managed to get a cough the last few weeks off other people going out all the time i have to watch what i eat and drink don't go out very much i am allergic to some antibiotics i wish people would wake up this can be bad for people with a poor immune system
@mrsnatinatnat Thank you. I don't believe it's that. Some days are better than others whether excersizing or not. Absolutely with you on the low carb/sugar. That helps.
Wasn't this what, in older times, called silent pneumonia?
Yes.... sort of.... same disease just no symptoms is my understanding! Thanks for the comment
If this type of infection is bacterial in nature - could it simply be picked up by analysing a sputum sample?
Potentially yes!
Increase your mineral salt intake. Salts helps the body rid itself of mucus.
This is what everyone has at the moment dubbed a 100 day cough. We had it from october and only just got the other side. My elderly father with COPD has had 5 lots of antibiotics. I fear for him.
Please get some colloidal silver don't use metal it's the best natural antibiotic you can get
Get a pulse oximeter and a peak flow. There are many serious respiratory conditions that need urgent care.
You forgot one of the main symptoms "Asthma" and this is why no one knows about it. Profiting is more important than people's lives.
What’s the difference between Atypical pneumonia and Bronchitis?
Small airways Vs bigger airways but a lot more differences in bugs that cause them and symptoms etc
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