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How do i know if i have pneumonia or just a common cold?
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Multiple symptoms: Symptoms that should make you think of pneumonia include high fever, cough with sputum production, chest pain when you breathe deeply, and/or shortness of breath. A cough with sputum production but without any of the other symptoms is probably just a cold.
Answered 11/28/2013
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