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Will lying down cause pneumonia to get worse (if you're taking antibiotics)?
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Secretion Collection: Sitting upright will help you to have effective coughing with the help of the accessory muscles of the chest, to get rid of the mucus and secretion accumulating inside your lungs as a result of the pneumonia, and that would help recovering .
Answered 1/2/2017
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The lungs: The lungs need to aerate when you are lying down the lungs are resting. Just prop yourself to 45 degrees and you will do better
Answered 12/28/2016
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