Chemical Pneumonia (cont.)
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Chemical Pneumonia Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of chemical pneumonia vary greatly, and many factors can determine its seriousness. For instance, someone exposed to chlorine in a large outdoor pool may have only a cough and burning eyes. Someone else exposed to high levels of chlorine in a small room may die of respiratory failure.
- Factors that determine the severity of signs and symptoms include the following:
- Type and strength of chemical
- Exposure environment - Indoors, outdoors, hot, cold
- Length of exposure - Seconds, minutes, hours
- Form of chemical - Gas, vapor, particulate, liquid
- Protective measures used
- Prior medical condition
- Your age
- Type and strength of chemical
- Chemical pneumonia may have the following signs and symptoms:
- Symptoms
- Burning of the nose, eyes, lips, mouth, and throat
- Dry cough
- Wet cough producing clear, yellow, or green mucus
- Cough producing blood or frothy pink matter in your spit
- Nausea or abdominal pain
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Painful breathing or pleuritis (an inflammation of the outside covering of the lungs)
- Headache
- Flu symptoms
- Weakness or a general ill feeling
- Delirium or disorientation
- Burning of the nose, eyes, lips, mouth, and throat
- Signs a doctor might observe
- Symptoms
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Pneumonia is characterized by inflammation of the alveoli and terminal airspaces in response to invasion by an infectious agent introduced into the lungs through hematogenous spread or inhalation.

