Pneumonia

Overview

Condition Specific Sites

Symptoms

  • Cough, often producing discolored mucus (sputum) from the lungs. Sputum may be rusty or green or tinged with blood.
  • Fever, which may be less common in older adults
  • Shaking, "teeth-chattering" chills (a single episode or many attacks)
  • Rapid, often shallow, breathing and the feeling of being short of breath
  • Chest wall pain that is often made worse by coughing or breathing in
  • Rapid heartbeat
  • Fatigue or vague feeling of weakness (malaise)

Diagnosis

Treatments

Anatomy

Ogranizations and Patient-Centered Sites