Pneumonia

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<p>My college roommate went to the doctor yesterday and got some x-ray and blood tests done. The doctor said he has pneumonia. My math professor had pneumonia too. She stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks but was released yesterday. Does anyone know if it is contagious?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=1069[/url]”>http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=1069&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Does this article suggest I should kill him before he kills me?</p>

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<p>You don’t need an article to tell you to do that.</p>

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<p>well, lil_killer, it wouldn’t be out of character. go for it!</p>

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<p>I looked at his test results from going to the doctor again. I saw a circled number of “86” for segs%. Does anyone have any idea what segs% mean?</p>

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<p>Okay I found it. “Segs” is another word for neutrophils, which is a white blood cell. Obviously my roommate’s white blood cell is 86% neutrophils. Is this good or bad?</p>

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<p>I’m by no means an expert, but from what little background I have, 86% is extremely high; obviously because he’s actively fighting infection.</p>

<p>But don’t kill him; it’s cowardly to kill him in his weakened state. All you can do is take preventative measures to keep from getting sick yourself.</p>