My daughter , age 35 has 4 young children under the age of 8. She has been to the doctor for walking pneumonia, she was on antibiotics twice, and back to the clinic for chest x-ray today, he told she has micro plasma and walking pneumonia, which she got from her 8 year old, who had it a month ago. She received a shot of medicine, cough (oral) medicine with codeine, and oral steroid. What do you think of the treatment? She is to go back to the doctor on Friday for another x-ray.
Hello, Thank you for your contact to Chat Doctor. I understand your health concern, if I am your doctor I suggest you that steroids should not be given in cytoplasm pneumonia, it will only be given in condition of acute illness in pneumonia. I advise you should start with azithromycin tablet and rest of all the cough supplement and not with steroids. Take the X-ray done at 14th all will be negative soon. I will be happy to answer all your future concern. Thank you, ChatDoctorInfectious disease specialist. Wish you the best health at Chat Doctor.