Advice please re pneumonia

[Peace]

Hello

Just hoping for a bit of advice. My grandfather inlaw was hospitalized with pneumonia a couple of weeks ago. He has been home for a week, still not feeling well. Theres a family meal today and my instinct is to avoid it? At 34 weeks pregnant should I be staying away? I had it as a bub and have a damaged lung from it and I'm scared that contracting it now could affect my bub? My mum said it's something you can catch but my parents in law disagree..?

TIA

[ladybirdflies]

I just found this online.


"Pneumonia is most commonly caused by bacteria and viruses, which are contagious. It can also be caused by breathing in a foreign object (aspiration pneumonia), and in rare cases a fungal infection, which is not usually contagious. "


Can you get him to wear a mask??

Personally I would probably stay away if your instinct is telling you to stay away. Instinct is always spot on x

[Marley&Me]

Hmmm, yeah I would probably stay away too. It's not worth the risk. If your PIL get upset just tell them you have spoken to the doctor and he strongly recommended you stay away too

[Peace]

Yeah I'm thinking follow my instinct too. I doubt he would wear a mask - he's a bit of an old crank. Its a worry too because I stress about taking just panadol while pregnant so if I got sick I'd be limited in how I could treat it I think.
ETA forgot to mention its something he picked up OS and was treated OS too :S

[Arimeh]

As far as I know - the virus is contagious, but unless you are susceptible to pneumonia then you won't contract it? Like, I could catch the virus, and DH could catch the same virus, but only one of us might come down with pneumonia if we are susceptible to those type of things (ie, if he was still smoking and had lung issues, and a weaker immune system etc)

If you are very healthy with a good immune system then I wouldn't worry about it too much.

[Marley&Me]

Overseas? Bit dodgey. If you did go you would just be worried for days after if you had caught anything anyway. So better to stay home

[Artechim]

I would go. There is minimal chance that it would be passed on after he has had the antibiotics.

But what other people would and wouldn't do is really of no consequence to you and your situation. Just do what is right for you.

[Ginger]

I wouldn't go

[Peace]

Thanks guys. I know it's slim chance of catching something but I decided to avoid it. I really don't know what he's picked up OS to cause the pneumonia either. Better to be safe

[tk1999]

I use the "I checked with my doctor..." bit if I think the family are going to be a bit so so about my reasoning for not wanting to do something... they listen to my doctor more than me - sad but true.