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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PNEUMONIA

1. Onset - immediately with ‘general malaise’, weakness/fatigue,

dizziness, body aches.

2. Fever 38.5- 40.5 C with rigor- inflammatory attack in the lungs.

3. Tachypnoea 25-45 /min and accessory muscle use (fast and

shallow breathing)-the cause of the accumulation of secretions

in the lungs that prevents the lungs from fully expanding.