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How can pneumonia be diagnosed?

Updated: 9/21/2023
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if you have had a bad chesty cough for over 3 weeks you should go to your doctor. At hospitals, doctors will do x-rays and pneumonia looks like large patches on the lung on the x-ray. It can also be caused by getting food trapped in your lungs.

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