“” Pneumonia is simply an infection of the lungs. It can be caused by a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Common symptoms will be fever, localized chest pain when breathing deeply, cough with sputum, severe cases can cause shortness of breath, reducing blood oxygen levels and blood pressure. Dr Sagar C, Pulmonolog Specialist, Narayana General Hospital HSR Diagram, said:
In general, atypical pneumonia tends to have milder symptoms than typical pneumonia. Dr Viswesvaran Balasubramanian said most of them involve chills, cough sometimes accompanied by bloody mucus, fever, which can be mild or high and shortness of breath.
