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A 32-year-old member asked:
How long is it before streptococcal pneumonia clears?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Carlo Hatemanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 26 years experience
2 to 3 days: Sometimes longer, provided antibiotics are being administered. Some cases can be resistant to treatment. Although it is usually easy to treat, it can be deadly.
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Dr. Michael Depietroanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 36 years experience
Depends how sick: In a patient who did not need to be hospitalized , usually most people will start to feel better after 3-5 days of antibiotics and be close to normal in about a week. In a patient needing to be hospitalized, they may take much longer, depending on how sick they are. So a patient who becomes critically ill from pneumonia may take weeks or even months to fully recover from potential complications.
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Last updated Mar 26, 2013
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