Pneumonia Symptoms
Symptoms of pneumonia are generally seen after 2 or 3 days of infection. There are many types of pneumonia - more than 50, classified according to the seriousness of the disease whether it is mild phase or a life-threatening stage. Although symptoms of pneumonia vary from person to person depending upon his age and the cause of infection. Some of the common signs and symptoms of pneumonia are:
- Chest Pain.
- Fever.
- Chills.
- Leucocytosis.
- Cough.
- Labored Breathing.
- Fatigue.
- Anorexia.
- Headache.
- Bloody Sputum.
Pneumonia affects the lungs in different ways. Lobar pneumonia affects a lobe of the lungs, and bronchial pneumonia can affect patches throughout both lungs.
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