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The most common symptom of pneumonia in kids is cough. Newborns having pneumonia have poor feeding and irritability. Other common symptoms include congestion, fever, irritability, and decreased feeding. If a child has high fever accompanied by congestion and cough, it is better to get tested for pneumonia.
Small kids have symptoms such as cough, cold, congestion and poor appetite but in adolescents additional symptoms are observed. They may have headache, pleuritic chest pain, and abdominal pain. In addition vomiting, diarrhea, pharyngitis, may also be observed as is quite common in this age group.