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What Does Fluid In The Lungs Indicate?

Does the building-up of fluid in the lungs pose immediate danger ? on Friday Feb. 24, before the weekend, the doctor issued instructions for the medical stuff to perform a chest tube insertion procedure to drain the fluid building-up in the lungs of the patient from the pleural space. The fluid is continuously accumulating in the lungs and the patient’s ability to breath is continuously deteriorating progressively. It is a repeat of last weekend’s situation, when the accumulation of fluid was enormous, Tuesday morning, after the long weekend, they removed 2 liters of fluid. I am not sure how dangerous the situation is
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Hello,

The symptoms are suggestive of a condition called pleural effusion.

A detailed evaluation is required to find out the cause. Pneumonia and tuberculosis are the two common causes.

Consult a pulmonologist and get evaluated. Detailed evaluation including CT scan and fluid study is required.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain,
General & Family Physician
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What Does Fluid In The Lungs Indicate?

Hello, The symptoms are suggestive of a condition called pleural effusion. A detailed evaluation is required to find out the cause. Pneumonia and tuberculosis are the two common causes. Consult a pulmonologist and get evaluated. Detailed evaluation including CT scan and fluid study is required. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Shinas Hussain, General & Family Physician