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What Causes Hardening Of The Lungs After Drowning In Water?

My 72 sister-in-law almost drowned going after a grandchild and she was found face down in the water and she is in ICU and they says that she hardening of the lungs and they are pumping oxygen into her to soften the lungs and then they will do a test on the brain to see if there was any damage there.
posted on Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Hi,

They have tried to communicate that due to fluid collection in lungs alveoli or air sacs, it's hard to open them up, or due to layer of fluid on surfactant, the lungs get stiff and elastic recoil or ability to open and close with breathing becomes difficult. They might be trying non invasive ventilation which they call as pumping oxygen into it with high pressure. She might need to be put on ventilatory support if these measure fail and oxygen saturation starts to drop inside blood.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

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Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Hardening Of The Lungs After Drowning In Water?

Hi, They have tried to communicate that due to fluid collection in lungs alveoli or air sacs, it s hard to open them up, or due to layer of fluid on surfactant, the lungs get stiff and elastic recoil or ability to open and close with breathing becomes difficult. They might be trying non invasive ventilation which they call as pumping oxygen into it with high pressure. She might need to be put on ventilatory support if these measure fail and oxygen saturation starts to drop inside blood. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Regards, Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin, General & Family Physician