Symtoms can include:
* Cough, often producing mucus (sputum) from the lungs. Mucus may be rusty or green or tinged with blood.
* Fever, which may be less common in older adults.
* Shaking, "teeth-chattering" chills (one time only or many times).
* Fast, often shallow, breathing and the feeling of being short of breath.
* Chest wall pain that is often made worse by coughing or breathing in.
* Fast heartbeat.
* Feeling very tired (fatigue) or feeling very weak (malaise).
People who are affected by walking pneumonia do not require hospitalization and are often able to continue participating in school or work functions.
Treatment, when necessary, is typically with oral antibiotics such as a macrolide like azithromycin or clarithromycin, or a fluoroquinolone, e.g., levofloxacin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_pneumonia
http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/hw63868/aa35742;_ylt=AqGM9M3YpZYc7Nvs3iQnU6eQH7kF
2007-03-08 05:56:30
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answered by Alli 7
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Pneumonia is pneumonia- and the symptoms are generally the same; Fever, chills, cough- sometimes productive, but not always, pain in your chest when your cough, feeling tired, and just a general sick feeling. It is almost impossible to distinguish pnemonia from a lot of other infectious respiratory disease without a chest x ray. Go to the doctor. Request a chest x ray. That's the only way to know for sure.
2016-03-16 07:13:02
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answered by Anonymous
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What in the heck is nimonia?
2007-03-08 02:59:49
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answered by Lynne W 6
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