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What are symptoms of pneumonia?

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Dr. Tal Dagan answered

Specializes in Facial Plastic Surgery

Signs of pneumonia: A persistent cough and fever over 102 fever commonly with shaking chills and sweating (although older people may have lower-than-normal body temperature), shortness of breath, chest pain that fluctuates with breathing (pleurisy), occasional headache, muscle pain, fatigue.

Answered 7/7/2020

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Dr. Michael Depietro answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

Several: There are several and include generalized symptoms seen in any infection, including fever, chills, poor appetitie, and malaise of just feeling ill. Then there are specific symptoms of the lung infection and include cough, sputum production, chest pain, and shortness of breath. A patient will not necessarily have all of these symptoms.

Answered 5/13/2020

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Pneumonia: Fever, cough, production of sputum, chest pain, shortness of breath, chills, and a variety of minor issues. The confirmation, however, is the presence of changes in lung tissue by x-ray.

Answered 1/12/2017

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Cough: Cough, fever, chills, phlegm/sputum, shortness of breath, chest pain.

Answered 4/16/2019

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Cough Fever chills: Pneumonia is an infection of the lung mostly caused by bacteria a virus, the main symptoms are: cough, fever, chills shortness of breath and phlegm, in elderly people the symptoms can be different with mental status changes, weakness, nausea, vomiting.

Answered 4/16/2019

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