10 Symptoms of Pneumonia
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #6: Increased heart rate
Pneumonia just like most of the infectious diseases can cause your heart rate to increase. Severe cases of pneumonia can cause oxygen delivery to the body to become diminished, making the heart work faster to deliver the precious oxygen to the tissues.
This is often seen during fever as a normal physiological finding or can be due to the chest pain associated with the efforts made during coughing.
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