Oprah Winfrey is on the mend. The media mogul told Ellen DeGeneres Monday that she was 'cleared yesterday' after battling pneumonia for several weeks. Winfrey said she thought she had a cold, but later went to the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia.
The media mogul told Ellen DeGeneres Monday that she was"cleared yesterday" after battling pneumonia for several weeks.
"Pneumonia is nothing to play with, y'all. It is very serious," she said, adding that eventually she was referred to a lung specialist."He puts his stethoscope here and I see the 'Oh s--t' face. It was like, 'Oh my God, something's wrong with you.' And I can see it. He didn't hide it." According to Dr. Kristen Kendrick, a family physician with the ABC News medical unit, the two most common types of pneumonia are viral and bacterial, and because Winfrey also told DeGeneres that she took antibiotics, it would seem that she had the latter. Both are contagious, and viral pneumonia can be caused by influenza, which means a flu shot -- which Winfrey also encouraged viewers to get -- can lower one's risk of of getting sick.
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