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A member asked:
Asthma with bad wheezing..doc gave me prednisone for 5/days without good results ..is it pneumonia?! my breathing rapid and short and not get better
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Go to ER: Or see your doctor again asap, you need to be evaluated, and probably need an xray, and more medicines, may be oxygen too, goodluck,
Answered 9/7/2015
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