Is pneumonia contagious?
Patient: hello doctor 3 weeks before i was diognised as left basal pneumonia,i was admitted in hospital n given medicine through IV,after 3 days i was discharged n given oral medicine for 10 days.Doctor told to come after two weeks to take x-ray n will tell the condition .IS there any thing serious abt this n want to know is this contagious.Thanku Doctor: Hi, dearI have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.  Pneumonia  occurs due to respiratory infection and it is contagious but no need to worry.  You have already taken a course of antibiotics.  You are called for repeat x ray to check healing process. No need to worry about spread of infection. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic.Wish you a very good health.