Do patients with pneumonia have a dry cough?

Patients with pneumonia can have a dry cough, especially those with viral, mycoplasma and chlamydia infections. If it is a viral infection, you can choose ribavirin, acyclovir, oseltamivir and other drugs, if it is caused by mycoplasma, chlamydia infection, you can choose azithromycin, moxifloxacin hydrochloride and other drugs, if it is other pathogens, you can choose drugs according to the culture of the pathogens and drug sensitivity test results. For dry cough, it is recommended to eat a light diet and not to eat spicy and stimulating food. You can take Su Huang Cough Capsules and Acute Syrup orally to relieve the symptoms of cough.