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Overview Signs, Symptoms, and Complications. The signs and symptoms of pneumonia vary from mild to severe. But some people are at risk for developing more severe pneumonia or potentially fatal complications. Signs and Symptoms. If you have pneumonia, you also may have other symptoms, including nausea (feeling sick to the stomach), vomiting, and diarrhea. Symptoms may vary in certain populations. Newborns and infants may not show any signs of the infection.
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Pneumonia Vital Signs associated with Pneumonia are. Increased RR (due to stimulaton of peripheral chemoreceptors, decreased lung compliance,stimulation. of J receptors, Pain, Anxiety,fever ) Increased HR, Cardiac Output and Blood Pressure.
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Pneumococcal Disease CLINICAL PRESENTATION. Pneumococcal pneumonia classically presents with sudden onset of fever and malaise, cough, pleuritic chest pain, or purulent or blood-tinged sputum. In the elderly, fever, shortness of breath, or altered mental status may be initial symptoms.
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Pneumonia - Symptoms Symptoms of pneumonia caused by bacteria in otherwise healthy people younger than 65 usually come on suddenly. They often start during or after an upper respiratory infection, such as the flu or a cold. Cough, often producing mucus, also called sputum, from the lungs. Mucus may be rusty or green or tinged with blood.
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Pneumonia Symptoms in Infants Respiratory Symptoms. Pneumonia primarily affects the lungs. An infant may only have symptoms of pneumonia that involve breathing, such as rapid breathing, labored breathing or noisy breathing. It is evident that an infant's breathing is labored when the skin is pulled tight across the ribs with each inhale.
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Pneumonia - Symptoms In children, symptoms may depend on age: In infants younger than 1 month of age, symptoms may include having little or no energy (lethargy), feeding poorly, grunting, or having a fever. In children, symptoms of pneumonia are often the same as in adults. Your doctor will look for signs such as cough and a breathing rate over 60 breaths a minute.
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Bacterial Pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. People with pneumonia usually complain of coughing, mucus production, fever, shortness of breath, and/or chest pain. The body's immune system usually keeps bacteria from infecting the lungs. In bacterial pneumonia, bacteria reproduce in the lungs, while the body tries to fight off the infection.
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- Common symptoms of pneumonia include fever, chills, shortness of breath, pain with breathing, a rapid heart and breathing rate, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a cough that often produces green or yellow sputum; occasionally the sputum is rust colored.
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5 Ways to Help Prevent the Spread of Pneumonia in Nursing Homes Pneumonia Symptoms in Elderly Individuals. For most adults, infectious pneumonia first presents symptoms similar to those of the common cold: sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat. These relatively benign symptoms are soon followed by a high fever, chills, green or yellow sputum, and shortness of breath.Pain on inhalation is sometimes present. Pneumonia is common in patients who have difficulty swallowing. 2  Saliva and oral bacteria may be inhaled into the lungs, causing aspiration pneumonia or bacterial pneumonia. 3  In these patients, physical and feeding therapy, oral care, and maintaining an upright posture are all shown to decrease the incidence of pneumonia.
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Is It a Cold, Influenza, or Pneumonia? Bacterial pneumonia may be accompanied by shaking chills, high fever, sweating, chest pain (pleurisy), and a productive cough with yellow/green mucus. Viral pneumonia causes muscle pain, fatigue, fever, headache, and a nonproductive cough. Walking pneumonia, usually due to Mycoplasma, produces milder symptoms.
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Pneumonia - Symptoms Symptoms of pneumonia not caused by bacteria may come on gradually and are often not as bad or as obvious as symptoms of bacterial pneumonia. Many people don't know that they have nonbacterial pneumonia, because they don't feel sick. But symptoms may include: 1  Fever.
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Pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli. Typically symptoms include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and trouble breathing. Severity is variable.
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- PNEUMONIA SYMPTOMS. Common symptoms of pneumonia include fever, chills, shortness of breath, pain with breathing (pleurisy), a rapid heart and breathing rate, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a cough that often produces green or yellow sputum; occasionally the sputum is rust colored.
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Pneumonia (ages 5 to 8) Possibly, since cough and fever are two of pneumonia's main symptoms. Other symptoms can include weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, headache, muscle pain, and trouble breathing.
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Symptoms Symptoms and complications depend on the part of the body that is infected. Symptoms. Pneumococcal pneumonia (lung infection) is the most common serious form of pneumococcal disease. Symptoms include: Fever and chills; Cough; Rapid breathing or difficulty breathing; Chest pain
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- Signs, Symptoms, and Complications The signs and symptoms of pneumonia vary from mild to severe. But some people are at risk for developing more severe pneumonia or potentially fatal complications. Signs and Symptoms
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- Symptoms. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections can cause a number of symptoms: Fever, which can be high, but is usually low grade. Fatigue. Headache. Skin rash. General feeling of sickness. Cough, particularly one that progresses from a dry cough to a productive cough.Ear infections. Croup.ymptoms. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections can cause a number of symptoms: Fever, which can be high, but is usually low grade. Fatigue. Headache. Skin rash. General feeling of sickness. Cough, particularly one that progresses from a dry cough to a productive cough.
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What Are the Causes of Chest Congestion? Pneumonia leads to symptoms such as fever, fatigue, nasal congestion, difficulty breathing and chest congestion. MayoClinic.com reports that a pneumonia infection can vary from mild to life-threatening and can be complicated by other health conditions, such as a weak immune system.
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- One of the most common symptoms of pneumonia is a cough that produces mucus, which may be green or yellow or contain blood. Fever, chills, trouble breathing, painful breathing, headaches, confusion and fatigue are other warning signs.
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- Two classic presentations have been described for. pneumonia: • Typical pneumonia: fever, chills, pleuritic chest pain. and a productive cough. • Atypical pneumonia: gradual onset over several. days to weeks, dominated by symptoms of. headache and malaise, non-productive cough and. low grade fever.
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- Pneumonia facts. 1  Pneumonia is inflammation of the airspaces in the lungs, most commonly due to an infection. 2  Pneumonia may be caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. 3  The most common bacterial type that causes pneumonia is Streptococcus pneumoniae. 4  Signs and symptoms of pneumonia include. 5  fever, 6  chills, 7  cough, 8  shortness of breath, 9  fatigue. 10  Community-
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Pneumonia Pneumonia presumed to be bacterial is treated with antibiotics. If the pneumonia is severe, the affected person is generally hospitalized. Pneumonia affects approximately 450 million people globally per year (7% of the population) and results in about 4 million deaths.ypical signs and symptoms include a cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. Diagnostic tools include x-rays and culture of the sputum. Vaccines to prevent certain types of pneumonia are available.
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- A person with pneumonia might have these symptoms: 1  fever (usually a temperature above 101°F/38.5°C) 2  chills. 3  cough. very fast breathing (a person might use the belly or neck muscles to help him or her breathe) 4  wheezing. trouble breathing.  chest or abdominal 1  pain. loss of appetite. 2  exhaustion. vomiting and dehydration.
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- The symptoms of bacterial pneumonia include: Shaking, chills. Low energy, fatigue, and loss of appetite. Sharp or stabbing chest pain that worsens with deep breathing or cough. Fever. Sweating. Rapid pulse. Rapid breathing. Bluish color to lips and nailbeds. Confused mental state or delirium.
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Pneumonia  In-Depth Report Pneumonia. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. General symptoms include chest pain, fever, cough, nausea, and difficulty breathing. Blue skin, high fever, and bloody mucus are serious signs.
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Pneumonia Pneumonia can be life-threatening if left untreated, especially in people who smoke, have heart disease, or have lung problems, and in adults 65 years of age and older. You should call your doctor if you have a cough that won’t go away, shortness of breath, chest pain and a fever.he symptoms of pneumonia can range from mild to severe, depending on your risk factors and the type of pneumonia you have. Common symptoms are similar to the symptoms caused by a cold or the flu. They include the following: