5. Coughing
As walking pneumonia is the type of infection that affects the lungs and the respiratory system most frequently, you will experience a few symptoms that are associated with lung infections as a result. One of the first symptoms that you experience, which is commonly also associated with other diseases and infections such as flu and bronchitis, is that of a persistent and nagging cough – sometimes this is associated with pain and chest pain too.
The type of cough that most often manifests as a symptom of walking pneumonia is a dry, nagging kind of cough rather than the wet cough you might experience if you have flu. When you start coughing, you might want to take some cough medicine rather than keep dealing with the symptoms – though make sure you are taking the right kind of cough medication as some are prescribed specifically for a dry cough and others not.