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Suggest Treatment To Expel Foreign Body From Lung
Thanks a lot. My daughter 13-year old has a chronic cough . Tests indicate there is some foreign body in the lower part of the left lung. I s it possible to cure her without operation? by the way, all kind of treatment including high dose anti-biotic courses have failed in the past. She occassionally gets fever and is much weaker than her age.
Mon, 25 Aug 2014
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Foreign body in the lower lobe of left lung causes excruciating cough . These are possibilities , these include:
1 Bronchoscopy by an expert ( laryngoscopy ) will clear the foreign body from lung 2 Sometimes turn the patient upside down and tap the back of chest with gentle taps , sometimes this can expel inhaled things from lungs .
3 Surgery is the last option . In my opinion consult a pulmonologist and get his opinion.
Hope this will help you.
Foreign body in the lower lobe of left lung causes excruciating cough . These are possibilities , these include:
1 Bronchoscopy by an expert ( laryngoscopy ) will clear the foreign body from lung 2 Sometimes turn the patient upside down and tap the back of chest with gentle taps , sometimes this can expel inhaled things from lungs .
3 Surgery is the last option . In my opinion consult a pulmonologist and get his opinion.
Hope this will help you.
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