Duration of pneumonia | Pneumonia without cough

Duration of pneumonia

Pneumonia – both typical and atypical with no classic symptoms such as cough and fever – usually subsides within a week with proper antibiotic therapy. After two to three weeks at the latest, any symptoms of pneumonia should have completely disappeared. Beyond this time, it can sometimes happen that a somewhat longer lasting tiredness and reduced physical performance is noticed.

This is due to the extra work of the body’s own immune system, which was running at full speed during the pneumonia, resulting in a high consumption of energy. If the symptoms persist for a longer period of time, one speaks of a protracted (after 6-8 weeks also of a chronic) pneumonia, the causes of which can be a late, incorrect or missing antibiotic administration or insufficient recovery.

All articles in this series:

  1. Pneumonia without cough
  2. Symptoms
  3. Pneumonia without sputum
  4. Treatment
  5. Duration of pneumonia