Hi I have been diagnosed with Pneumonia, but no steps were taken to see if it was viral or bacterial. Is it important to know for the treatment? I now have asthma symptoms with a wheezy chest and I still need to cough up mucus which is still coloured, although lighter than when I first got the Pneumonia.
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, Irrespective of the causative agents, if there are any signs and symptoms of the pneumonia the patients will be put on treatment for pneumonia. As you are having cough with sputum it looks like a bacterial infection of the lower respiratory tract. The infections of the lower respiratory tract will trigger the allergic mediators like histamine and causes the narrowing of the bronchioles and may exacerbate the symptoms of the asthma. Patients with asthma and LETI, should be treated carefully with proper antibiotics, Multics, oxygen and steroid therapy. Thank you.