Pneumonia

Alternative names:

bacterial pneumonia

Symptoms:

• cough
  • with mucus-like, greenish, or pus-like sputum

• chills with shaking
• fever
• easy fatigue
• chest pain
  • sharp or stabbing
  • increased by deep breathing
  • increased by coughing

• headache
• loss of appetite
• nausea and vomiting
• general discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise)
• joint stiffness (rare)
• muscular stiffness (rare)
• rales

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

• shortness of breath
• sweating, excessive
• skin, clammy
• nasal flaring
• coughing up blood
• breathing, rapid
• breathing, absent temporarily
• anxiety, stress, and tension
• abdominal pain

Signs and tests:

Crackles are heard when listening to the chest with a stethoscope (auscultation).

Tests include:

• a chest X-ray
• a sputum gram stain
• a CBC
• arterial blood gases

This disease may also alter the results of the following tests:

• thoracic CT
• routine sputum culture
• pulmonary ventilation/perfusion scan
• pleural fluid culture
• lung needle biopsy