Last week my father became very short of
breath and experienced pain in his chest.
His physician examined him and told him to
go immediately to the hospital.
He had a chest x-ray and CT done and they
found that he had fluid in his left lung.
They removed two liters of fluid from his
left lung. Tests were done and the results
were inconclusive.
What could have caused this buildup?
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MandMs
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Posted: 09-14-07 07:25am
Hi!
Your father is having a
pleurisy(inflammation of pleura, a
two-layered lining around the lung) The
lining is irritated and swollen and due to
this the two layers of pleura rub
together when the lungs move during
breathing. Sometimes, this is leading to
collecting of extra fluid in the space
between the pleural layers and when there
is too much fluid, it is called a pleural
effusion.
Fluid is usually removed and sent to
laboratory for testing. Sharp pain and
shortness of breath are its main symptoms.
This condition can be caused by many
different things: infections( pneumonia,
tuberculosis); chest injury and cancer and
some autoimmune diseases such as lupus or
rheumatoid arthritis, some heart problems,
pancreatitis. Sometimes is difficult to
find the cause.
Is your father suffering from some of the
mentioned conditions below?
Hope I help a bit!
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