Let's beat pneumonia together

  • Have asthma
  • Have a chronic respiratory, heart or liver condition
  • Have diabetes
  • Smoke
  • A cough: which may be dry, or produce think yellow, green, brown, or blood-stained mucus (phlegm)
  • Difficulty breathing: your breathing may be rapid and shallow, and you may feel breathless, even when resting
  • Rapid heartbeat
  • Feeling generally unwell
  • Sweating and shivering
  • Loss of appetite
  • Chest pain: which gets worse when breathing or coughing
  • Coughing up blood
  • Headaches
  • Fatigue
  • Feeling sick or being sick
  • Wheezing
  • Joint or muscle pain
  • Feeling confused and disorientated, particularly in elderly people