Note: I am not a pulmonologist.Having had pneumonia in the past, you are more vulnerable to getting pneumonia recurrently. You might want to consult a pulmonologist to see if there's something else going on. Asthma, chronic bronchitis, reactive airways disease, and a few other less common causes of seasonal/recurrent respiratory illness might underlie your problem. Also, because you've had recurrent respiratory illnesses, you should get annual flushots and update other immunizations. If you smoke or vape, the best thing you could do is quit. Inhaled substances are not prudent if you are prone to respiratory illnesses.
Can someone be more prone to respiratory infections?Almost every year without fail, I get an upper respiratory infection. Every spring it starts out seemingly as allergies, an itchy nose and throat, sneezing, etc. then it slowly makes its way down and I get a respiratory infection. I dont know why but it just always happens without fail. One year it got so bad that I started to have fluid buildup in my lungs and had to have a lot of antibiotics. This year its quickly getting bad but I just moved recently so I dont have a doctor, barely productive cough that tastes like blood/nasty and some chest heaviness along with fatigue and a hoarse voice/white spots on tonsils.No one else seems to have problems like this, so I was wondering if some people are just more prone to stuff like this? Ive gotten them constantly no matter what environment Im in, and it always quickly gets really bad. Even during my childhood I got them really bad, and I had RSV as a kid. Usually I dont get any answers, its just yeah you have an infection, heres antibiotics.Other than this Im a completely healthy 21 year old female, no existing conditions and no medications other than melatonin.