Yes your lungs insides passages are swollen and irritated and take a long time to calm down. I have scaring from prior illnesses and I must use steroids for a month any time things hit my lungs. A few years ago my bad virus turned into pneumonia. It took 10 months to start feeling better
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Yes your lungs insides passages are swollen and irritated and take a long time to calm down. I have scaring from prior illnesses and I must use steroids for a month any time things hit my lungs. A few years ago my bad virus turned into pneumonia. It took 10 months to start feeling better