Is it safe to travel while on treatment for pneumonia?
Patient: My son has always had allergies, sinus infections. He was getting shots in High School and then quit in college and into the future. Seasonal pollen allergies are the worst. Always blowing nose and sniffles. He is 32 and a new dad with a 9 month old. He lives in Manhattan-lower east side. I do not like the air there. He rides the subway to work. We recently spent a whole week together at a rental home in Montauk Long Island. After he returned back to the city, 5 days later he had 3 days of fever spiking. Went to ER chest x-Ray showed pneumonia in one lung. They put him on Levaquin for 6 days. He got dehydrated, had to have 2 bags of IV fluid pumped into him. Had sever head ache and fever would not go down. Meningitis was suspected as he had a little stiff neck too. Is 6 days of meds enough? Should he fly to a bachelor party in 10 days? Concerned mom Doctor: Hello mam, its not about whether 6 days of medicines are enough or not, its about the severity of the disease and whether the infection is responding to the antibiotics what he is getting. If there are new things like meningitis coming up or at least suspected i would advise him against going on any travel in this condition. what he needs right now is total infection free status with appropriate and adequate dosage of the antibiotics with totally being disease free.I hope I answered your question satisfactorily.thank you