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What Causes Severe Breathing Trouble?

I am a 19 year old female. I have had pneumonia 4 times now. This last time I tried going to the doctor for 3 days to get shots but on the 2nd day my breathing was so severely compromised I was admitted to the hospital. While there my potassium levels dropped, my white blood cell count was almost nothing, and my liver enzymes were elevated. The doctors tested me for cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma, STD's including AIDS/HIV, and Hepatitis which all came back negative. I'm wondering if this can be normal or if I might have something to worry about?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi thanks for contacting HCM...

You are having very young age ....

You are suffering from repeated pneumonia Infection....

So your immunity might low ...Also look for diabetis in which chances if infection high .
If diabetis present drugs for that started.....

This last time your infection might be severe and spread through blood into liver so liver enzymes were high ..
Bacteremia sometime can lead bone marrow involvement , so wbc count was low ....
At that time I.V antibiiotic infusion given according to blood culture report ....

If breathing severely impaired at that time oxygen level should be checked in blood ...

Take care .

Advise : pulmonologist consultation for examination
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What Causes Severe Breathing Trouble?

Hi thanks for contacting HCM... You are having very young age .... You are suffering from repeated pneumonia Infection.... So your immunity might low ...Also look for diabetis in which chances if infection high . If diabetis present drugs for that started..... This last time your infection might be severe and spread through blood into liver so liver enzymes were high .. Bacteremia sometime can lead bone marrow involvement , so wbc count was low .... At that time I.V antibiiotic infusion given according to blood culture report .... If breathing severely impaired at that time oxygen level should be checked in blood ... Take care . Advise : pulmonologist consultation for examination