A doctor has issued a warning after Queen Camilla gave a major update about her health.
The Queen, 77, previously missed a spate of royal engagements due to a chest infection. She has now told guests at the state visit of Qatar’s Emir and his wife that the illness was a form of pneumonia.
As a result, she will miss the outdoor elements of the Qatari visit following advice by doctors to take more time to recover. In a statement ahead of the event, the palace said she “continues to experience some lingering post-viral symptoms.”
Now, a doctor has issued some advice about how to spot pneumonia, and the ways in which it differs from other seasonal illnesses. Taking to TikTok, Dr Mike Muellner said: “A cold or an upper respiratory tract infection is an infection that’s confined to the upper airway. This is the nose, the sinuses, the oropharynx, the larynx.
“Contrast this with pneumonia, which implies inflammation of the lungs. Differentiating the two is important because pneumonia is often caused by bacteria and if so, requires antibiotics,” he said, adding that pneumonia can, however, be caused by viruses or fungal infections as well.
“Whereas a cold or upper respiratory tract infection is more often caused by viruses and doesn’t need antibiotics.”
