How long do pneumonia shot last?

Answer 1

Pneumonia is a lung inflammation caused by viral or bacterial infection. How long it lasts depends on the age and health condition of the patient, how quickly treatment was administered and whether it was caused by a virus or bacteria.

Answer 2

There is no simple answer. Pneumonia can be caused by chemicals, viruses and bacteria, by not breathing properly when bedridden, by immune system problems and other causes. The first thing you need to know is the cause of the person's pneumonia. When you know the cause, you can look at treatments. If a normally healthy young person has a pneumonia caused by a bacteria or germ, and if that germ is easily destroyed by ordinary antibiotics, recovery will take a few weeks. Other pneumonias are much harder to treat successfully, especially if the patient has another health problem as well. For instance, if an elderly patient is bedridden due to a stroke and they get hypostatic pneumonia (the sort you get from not breathing deeply enough) and the pneumonia is resistant to antibiotic treatment, recovery will take a lot longer. Pneumonia in premature babies is difficult too. So - no simple answer. It depends on the age and general health of the patient and what the cause of the pneumonia might be.

Answer 3

From what I read pneumonia varies in length on time that it lasts. It can last a few days or sometimes up to a month.

Answer 4

5 years