Insidious pneumonia: how to recognize pneumonia due to coronavirus?

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Symptoms of pneumonia with COVID-19, which should be a reason to see a doctor!

Inflammation of the lungs is often a complication coronavirus infections.

Sometimes it is self-diagnosis that helps the patient to contact the doctors in a timely manner and start treating the problem.

According to doctors, pneumonia is an inflammatory process in the alveoli, it is in them that gas exchange takes place and a person receives oxygen. Due to inflammation, the alveoli fill with fluid and cease to participate in gas exchange, and breathing problems arise.

Difficulty breathing occurs most often with pneumonia.

But there are other symptoms, among them general weakness, loss of appetite, drowsiness. Chest pain indicates that the inflammatory process has reached the pleura of the lungs, this makes the prognosis less favorable.

Finally, coughing is also considered a characteristic symptom of pneumonia.

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