Can someone help diagnose me?

I am Dr Prateek Nayak . I am a Consultant in ENT [Ear Nose Throat] and Head and Neck Surgery practising in Bangalore ,India.

check your temperature with your home thermometer

Feeling feverish without actually having an abnormal temperature is quite common

Do visit your local doctor as

1. you are coughing

2 you are a smoker

3.husband has pneumonia and you may have got the infection too

In the long run early diagnosis and treatment may be financially more cost effective for you.

All the best

You could have fluid in your lungs. I had something similar when I was a child (only in one lung though). The important thing there was the get the gunk out of my lung before it developed into full-blown pneumonia. Unfortunately I don't know how to determine if or which lung the phlegm is in. That was something the doctor did when I went to see him. (Listening to breathing, tapping on my chest/ribs, etc.) Since I only had fluid in one lung, I was told to sleep on the opposite side, so that the phlegm couldn't settle overnight. And my mom had to do this pounding, karate-chop thing on the side where the phlegm was (while I was lying down) a couple times a day to try to dislodge it. I can't remember if I was prescribed antibiotics or not.

It's possible you could have something completely different too. I only mention the fluid in lungs thing because you mentioned that your husband has pneumonia. You could be starting to come down with it as well. There are lots of other things that could cause a cough though, especially if you're a smoker.

Is it a dry cough or not? If it's a dry cough, then it's probably not a fluid+lung(s) problem. But if you're coughing up lots of phlegm already, or have a rattle in your chest then it might be.

Also, how are your sinuses? Has your nose been really stuffy/runny. Sometimes you can get a post-nasal drip going on. It makes you cough up phlegm, but it's actually coming from your sinuses and not your lungs.

Anyway, it really would be better if you could see a doctor about this. Self- (or Y!A-)diagnosis can be dangerous as we don't have the training to properly identify all these things. I know you're strapped for cash right now, but it might work out cheaper in the end (in time and money) if you can nip this in the bud, before it develops and further and gets worse.

Good luck! Hope you're feeling better soon!

It depends on whether your husband has viral pnuemonia, or just plain pnuemonia. If it is viral, then of course you could have caught it from him, as it is a virus. (As far as your smoking goes, don't expect to get preached at from ME, I am an RN & also a smoker for the last 30++ years, so I have the knowledge & also the failing (hey, I'm human, what can I say?)) Anyway, what kind of medications did they prescribe for your husband? Also, I would advise you NOT to go to work, as you could very well end up infecting everyone in your place of business. The best thing I can tell you is to ask your husband to share his medications with you, split them in half, & does he have refills on them? Then get them refilled ASAP. and stay in bed & pamper yourself as much as possible--really, try not to go to work if there's any way you can get someone to cover for you, for a couple days anyway, until the worst of it is over with, because you could potentially infect everyone there, and that would NOT be a good thing, ya know? & NO you don't have sympathy pains with pneumonia--this is a term that arose regarding men's having sympathetic pains when their wives were in labor, & has gotten ripped off & put into general use in the language, but trust me, you are NOT having sympathy pneumonia!!

Sounds like a chest infection,your body will be trying to fight it off,you may need antibiotics.If it gets worse you have to see a doctor! Smoking will not help at all ,try to cut down at least! Easier said than done ,I know! Good luck!

Look up and see if pneumonia is contagious. If it is, then you know what is wrong with you.