asthma or pneumonia

Hello, my son is 3 years old. He is diagnosed with asthma. From 10 days he has cough and snot. Sometimes when he is sleeping he can't breath good and statrs coughing a lot /coughing fit/. He has no temperature, eats as normal, there are no changes in his behavior at all. His doctor thinks it is his asthma, but an X-ray picture shows starting pneumonia. Again his doctor said it is normal for his condition and there is no need for antibiotics. Is this possible?

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His pneumonia could be viral and an antibiotic won't help.  My son had pneumonia 5 times and only 2 of the times it was bacterial.  Bacterial pneumonia shows differently on an x-ray than viral.  I would keep in close touch with the doctor to make sure there aren't any complications and if you haven't had him allergy tested you need to do so.