What can someone coming off pneumonia do to play football this friday?

November 14, 2009 by admin · 4 Comments
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longshot asked:

I am coming off of pneumonia and I feel great. I play varsity football and we have a game this friday. My cough is gone but the wheezing is still there when I sprint. What can a do pre during and post game to be at my best. ( I have an inhaler also.)

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4 Responses to “What can someone coming off pneumonia do to play football this friday?”
  1. slimthing says:
    November 15, 2009 at 12:02 am

    stay in bed kid or stay on the sidelines and cheer for your team. you say that youre still wheezing and the work thats needed to play football might leave you a bit winded. wait until your wheezing is gone and then go play. this is just my opinion slimthing

  2. cave wmn says:
    November 17, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    vitamin B100 and get some zinc too. Just don’t take it forever or to much. Nothing is good for you in big quantities. Clearing your chest is a tough one. Vic’s works for a while but you smell funny when you use it. I would take some hot showers to clear up the congestion but its just a short fix. To much exercise might make you get sick again so easy does it. Hope this helps. cave wmn

  3. his champ says:
    November 21, 2009 at 2:19 am

    I realize the importance of being a varsity football player is something you feel passionate about. That is great that you are into it and able to do it, if you weren’t recovering from pneumonia. Pneumonia is not a “respiratory infection” like bronchitis. This is a major viral infection that actually fills your lung cavities with fluid that is highly infectious and it isn’t “gone” just because you’re done taking antibiotics and can walk and run. I speak from decades of experience as a person who has had pneumonia several times in 40 years and am a pharmacy technician. There is a recuperation period that lasts a couple of months after the doctors have treated you that is very easy to have a relapse of this nasty viral infection and if it happens, you’ll be worse off than the first time. But it’s your call and I know how hard it is to not be able to do something that means a lot (it’s easier said than done, I know.) So if you go ahead and play, know that it’s a risk and make sure you have a full inhaler on you because you’ll be puffing on it hourly. his champ

  4. cath says:
    November 22, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    there is nothing you can do really if you are wheezing still i would not play sorry i dont have a better answer for you. be careful though. cath

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