 [ Symptoms ] i am taking ortho tri cyclen lo i am considering taking arginmax a supplement would this affect my birth control [ Disease ] pneumonia itself is not contagious in other words exposure to someone with pneumonia will not necessarily cause pneumonia in you but that does not mean you can not get sick pneumonia can be caused by hundreds of different viruses bacteria and even fungi it is the organismpathogen that may be contagious not the end disease caused by that pathogen like pneumonia