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Respiratory Chest Infection

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Respiratory Chest Infection

ID 187

A chest infection is an infection that affects your lungs. Symptoms include difficulty breathing, coughing phlegm, fever, stomach pain, chest pain, headache, and general aches and pains. Young children and the elderly are most at risk.

Symptom classification

Body areaChest
Body areaLungs

Conditions linked to this sign/symptom

16

Drugs where this is listed as a side effect

3