10 Causes of Tightness In Chest
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Cause #7: Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Symptoms include a pain in the chest and a painful hacking cough with a distinctive sound. The patient is also likely to experience a fever and chills as well as nausea and a shortness of breath. Pneumonia is a potentially serious condition and should be treated as a medical emergency.
Pneumonia is treatable and patients can make a full recovery. However, people that are very old, very ill, or very fragile can be hit hard by the condition and fatalities do occur. It is often treated with a course of antibiotics, although patients are often admitted into hospital for close observation.
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