Pneumonia

[EcclesCake]

What is the probability of someone having pneumonia but being oblivious to it?

[Buenchico]

It's certainly going to have some symptoms but those symptoms could possibly with confused with another condition.

Quote:
"Pneumonia can be difficult to diagnose because it shares many symptoms with other conditions, such as the common cold, bronchitis and asthma".

Source:
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pneumonia/Pages/Introduction.aspx

[Sqad]

Nil.

[EcclesCake]

No apparent symptoms yet diagnosis was given as pneumonia.

Thought it was utter Botox, and these posts have reinforced my view of a rather shabby diagnosis.

[Sqad]

Can you give us some further information.

[Patsy33]

I remember my mother telling me years ago that her mother, my grandmother, was walking around with double pneumonia and didn't know until she went to doctor with bad cough!..

[EcclesCake]

A diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia was given to a patient a double dose of antibiotics prescribed, not sure which, I think one was amoxycillin.

There was no weaziness, breathlessness, or chest pain.

[Barsel]

My cousin told me she went to the GP last week and she was told she'd had pneumonia, but as my cousin quite often tells porkies, I wasn't sure whether to believe her.

[Sqad]

Eccles.....from what you have said and without supporting evidence of a chest X-Ray..........I don't believe the diagnosis.

[Barsel]

sqad, is having an xray the only way to diagnose it?

[EcclesCake]

She had a chest X-Ray, it was declared clear. I was gobsmacked when I read her discharge paper work.

I just don't understand why a double dose of antibiotics was prescribed when the individual showed no symptoms and had had a clear X-Ray. Utterly bonkers to my mind.

[Sqad]

Barsel........yes.

[Sqad]

Eccles.......I agree.

[EcclesCake]

I find your reply uneasily comforting Sqad.

[ethandron]

Have a look at microplasmic pneumonia. My eldest had this for months without realising what it was, he had been treated by his GP for a recurring chest infection combined with a flare up of his quite severe asthma.
It only came to light when he rocked up at A&E with a completely unrelated problem and they did a chest X-ray.
Sometimes called walking pneumonia or community acquired pneumonia. It may not be that Eccles but might be worth a look.

[ethandron]

Mycoplasmic

[-SharonA-]

My dad had pneumonia and too thought he had a bad cough.

[EcclesCake]

Thank you Ethandron, I'll do some googling.

Sharon, the person in question had absolutely no symptoms of any kind of chest infection, cough, etc. They themselves looked at the Drs with dismay as they had experienced no obvious symptoms.

[pixie374]

I've known many people have pneumonia without realising, although I would say most, at least, felt "under the weather", even if not the obvious symptoms of it.
There must have been some reason they gave her a chest x-ray?

[Sqad]

Please read the question:
In this case, the patient was symptomless....no cough, no temoerature...NOTHING!

Google whatever you like......but the answer is the same...the probability of someone having pneumonia is NIL. and that includes community Acquired Pneumonia which we know about.

[pixie374]

Why the chest x-ray then?