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Should I visit a hospital for pneumonia?

I have pneumonia. Should I visit a hospital for pneumonia?

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First of all is your pneumonia self diagnosed or did an MD tell you you have it? Also then secondly are you already getting treatment for it such as antibiotics or not? If you are not on antibiotics then yes you need to be but a family doctor can prescribe them. Reasons to attend a hospital would be for shortness of breath that doesn’t allow you to speak more then 2-3 word sentences or low oxygen levels/ and increased work of breathing or feelings of breathlessness. Do not attend the hospital for a fever it is your body’s natural immune response take Advil and Tylenol.