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Do people with aspiration pneumonia have a lot of pain?

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Dr. Michael Depietro answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

No: Not typically, aspiration pneumonia is not typically painful, unless there is some complication of the pneumonia or a condition related that predisposed to aspiration is causing pain.

Answered 3/26/2013

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