Is it contagious to eat the food of a pneumonia patient

Whether eating the food of a pneumonia patient is contagious or not needs to be judged on a case-by-case basis. If the patient has bacterial pneumonia and has been actively treated, there will be no contagion. However, if the patient has viral pneumonia and is not receiving aggressive anti-infective therapy, infection may occur.

1. No: Pneumonia is usually caused by pathogen infection, which will cause damage to the mucosal tissue of the lungs after the disease, thus causing symptoms such as cough and sputum production. If it is bacterial pneumonia, and standardized treatment has been carried out in time during the onset of the disease, and its own immunity is relatively good, it is generally not transmitted to others through food.

2. Yes: However, if your own resistance is relatively poor, and it is pneumonia caused by viral infection, it is contagious to a certain extent, and it can be transmitted to others through respiratory droplets and close contact. It is recommended that patients can use drugs such as ribavirin tablets and acyclovir tablets for antiviral therapy under the guidance of a doctor.

In daily life, you should also pay attention to the usual healthy diet and try to eat light foods, such as millet porridge, fruit salad, etc. However, avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, and do not eat raw, cold, and cold foods, otherwise it will affect the recovery of the disease. In addition, patients also need to go to the hospital for regular check-ups to keep an eye on the recovery of the body at any time.