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Aspiration pneumonia

is a type of lung that is due to a relatively large amount of material from the stomach or mouth entering the lungs. Signs and symptoms often include fever and cough of relatively rapid onset. may include lung , acute distress , empyema, parapneumonic , and pneumonia. Some include chemical-induced of the lungs as a subtype, which occurs from acidic but stomach contents entering the lungs.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Fever, cough

How it's found

·Based on presenting history, symptoms, chest X-ray,

Complications

·Lung and

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