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Sometimes it may take a few days for symptoms of aspiration pneumonia to begin. The signs and symptoms of aspiration pneumonia can get worse very quickly. The signs and symptoms that you have may depend on what you inhaled into your lungs, and how much was inhaled. Common signs and symptoms may include one or more of the following:
- Frequent coughing. Your cough may may bring up bad-smelling mucus from your lungs. This phlegm (flem) may have pus or streaks of blood in it. You may also cough up frothy (bubbly) fluid from your lungs.
- Shortness of breath or noisy breathing. Your heartbeat or breathing (while resting) may seem much faster than normal.
- Fever or chills. You may sweat a lot.
- Chest pain when you cough or take a deep breath.
- Trouble swallowing, or you feel like something is stuck in your throat.
- Feeling dizzy, faint, or having new trouble thinking (confusion). You may feel upset or anxious.
- Feeling like you cannot get enough air. Your skin, lips, or fingernails may turn dusky or blue.
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