What first aid treatment can you give to someone suffering from pneumonia? ?!


Question: What first aid treatment can you give to someone suffering from pneumonia.? .?
Answers:
Pneumonia requires a physician's care, which includes antibiotics, sometimes hospitalization with intravenous fluids and sometimes corticosteroids to combat the inflammation in the lungs.

If you're looking for good home care during recovery-- Rest, plenty of fluids, cool-mist humidifier (cause the steam ones will cause the germs in the air to reproduce). A good pain-reliever for fever and body aches, and good sanitation of the sick person's area to keep it from spreading to others. Mostly what the patient will need is lots of rest, as they will feel totally like crap for at least two weeks, and maybe four weeks or so to completely recover.

Some folks develop trouble breathing with a serious case of pneumonia, and have to be put on a ventilator.
In any case, pneumonia is serious, can be deadly and definitely requires medical intervention.Health Question & Answer

First, you need to know if they have been diagnosed with pneumonia by a doctor rather than believing that a bad cold is pneumonia. If they were diagnosed by a doctor, antibiotics would have been prescribed and they just need to wait and let the medication do it's job. If they have a bad cold, increased fluids, tylenol or ibuprofen on a regular basis, rest, run a humidifier in the bedroom where they sleep will all help.Health Question & Answer

Since pneumonia can be fatal, you need to get the person to a doctor or a hospital. Unless you have your own oxygen and antibiotics to dispense, there's nothing you can really do to help them on your own.Health Question & Answer



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