Low-grade fever
A fever is an abnormal elevation of body temperature. The increase may be mild or extreme and is usually due to the immune system’s reaction to a pathogen or other foreign substance.
If you have walking pneumonia, you may develop a low-grade fever [12] while the body fights the pathogen responsible for your pneumonia. This causes only a slight increase in body temperature, but the temperature increase might persist for a long time.
If you experience a high fever (above 101°F), you could be dealing with typical pneumonia or some other type of infection.
Conclusion
Walking pneumonia is like regular pneumonia, only a lot milder. This does not spare you of unpleasant symptoms. If you or your ward have walking pneumonia, you should consider staying indoors if you can. The condition is not as contagious as many respiratory illnesses but frequent exposure can cause other people to become infected. You should also avoid crowded places. The transmission tends to be higher in such places.
References
[1] https://www.webmd.com/lung/walking-pneumonia
[2] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317957
[3] https://www.healthline.com/health/atypical-pneumonia
[4] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15744-pneumonia-atypical-walking-pneumonia
[5] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317957
[6] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317957
[7] https://www.healthline.com/health/atypical-pneumonia
[8] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15744-pneumonia-atypical-walking-pneumonia
[9] https://www.healthline.com/health/atypical-pneumonia
[10] https://www.healthline.com/health/atypical-pneumonia
[11] https://www.healthline.com/health/atypical-pneumonia
[12] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15744-pneumonia-atypical-walking-pneumonia