10 Aspiration Pneumonia Symptoms

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Chest Pain

Chest pain is common with aspiration pneumonia and can be helpful in diagnosing it. The pain that comes with pneumonia frequently gets worse when a person coughs or breathes in deeply.

A doctor determining whether a person has aspiration pneumonia may ask the individual to breathe deeply and monitor for coughing or increased pain. They may also use a stethoscope to listen to the lungs. Crackly, muffled breathing is common in people with pneumonia.²‘Aspiration Pneumonia.’ Patient Info, patient.info/chest-lungs/chest-infection/aspiration-pneumonia

Aspiration Pneumonia