Symptoms of Aspiration Pneumonia

Sometimes, it may take some time to for symptoms of aspiration pneumonia to show up. The signs and symptoms of aspiration pneumonia can quickly get worsen, if it is not properly diagnosed and treated. The signs and symptoms may vary depending on what material and the quantity you may have inhaled. Given below are the common signs and symptoms of aspiration pneumonia:

• Cough: It is very frequent and your cough may expel foul-smelling mucus or phlegm from your lungs. This phlegm or sputum may contain pus or streaks of blood. The sputum may be greenish in color and you may cough up frothy (bubbly) fluid from your lungs.

• Shortness of breath: Breathing is usually noisy. Your heartbeat or breathing, while resting, may seem faster than normal.

• Fever or chills accompanied with sweat

• Pain in the chest pain, while coughing or when taking a deep breath

• Swallowing trouble, may feel as if something is stuck in your throat.

• May be in a state of confusion, dizziness, faint or unnecessary feel upset or anxious.

• Feeling of suffocation, your skin and fingernails may attain a bluish tinge due to lack of oxygen.

• Fatigue, wheezing and breath odor may also occur.

For it to be diagnosed correctly, one should have a close watch on the symptoms of aspiration pneumonia. Proper diagnosis ensures timely intervention by the doctor so that prompt treatment is initiated. Although, symptoms of aspiration pneumonia take several days to appear, do not neglect them.