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Suggest Remedy For Water Accumulation In Lungs

My father(64 yrs -Ht - 5' 4'') is suffering from lung disease of water accumulation in his left lung, and till date 4 -5 times the deposited water has been taken out.According to the doctors in kolkata after going through the CT scan report,the water accumulation cannot be stop.The above things started from June, when for the 1st time the deposited water was taken out and it was tested, the cancer cell was found. He has gone through the 1st cycle of chemo and after that we shifted to "Homeopathy".Please let us know what I need to do so that I could have the treatment of both i.e Accumulation of water along with Lung Cancer, as I have spent lot of money here but couldn't get a remedy and seriously I am going through a financial crunch as I work in a call center and sole earner of the family. Please let me know who would be the best doctor in the above situation and how much will it cost or is it possible to stop the accumulation of water through Medicine, so that
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Sorry to say but your father is suffering from stag 4 lung cancer as pleural fluid is also malignant. So this is inoperable stage. You can only give him palliative treatment in the form of chemotherapy and nutrition support. And chemotherapy is very costly. For your fluid issue I would recommend you to consult pulmonologist and get dobe talc pleurosis. In this talc powder is introduced into the pleural cavity and allowed pleura to adhere so that the cavity is obliterated and no future chance of accumulation of fluid. This is indicated in malignant pleural effusion and reccrent pneumothorax. Pleurodesis can be done by three methods. Thoracoscopic, pleuroscopic and through ICD (Inter Costal Drainage) tube. The cheapest is ICD tube. So consult pulmonologist and discuss these things with him.
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Suggest Remedy For Water Accumulation In Lungs

Sorry to say but your father is suffering from stag 4 lung cancer as pleural fluid is also malignant. So this is inoperable stage. You can only give him palliative treatment in the form of chemotherapy and nutrition support. And chemotherapy is very costly. For your fluid issue I would recommend you to consult pulmonologist and get dobe talc pleurosis. In this talc powder is introduced into the pleural cavity and allowed pleura to adhere so that the cavity is obliterated and no future chance of accumulation of fluid. This is indicated in malignant pleural effusion and reccrent pneumothorax. Pleurodesis can be done by three methods. Thoracoscopic, pleuroscopic and through ICD (Inter Costal Drainage) tube. The cheapest is ICD tube. So consult pulmonologist and discuss these things with him.