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pus in lungs
by int. corr, Nov 26, 2005 12:00AM
my friend recently visited nigeria..... he came back with fever, noone could diagnose the real problem they passed it of as viral fever but apparently it was malaria which led to jaundice and later pneumonia......now he is in hospital..... doctors say he has fluid(pus) in his lungs which they cleared out but it has reoccured, he's been on a respirator for almost a month...... he got extremely breathless a few days back and the doctors here said that he might not survive because his lungs have become stiff because of pneumonia and are not functioning on their own........ i am not exactly savvy with the medical terms but i am sure the lung doctors on this forum will understand what i am trying to convey........ any doctor on this forum who can help or knows someone who can do so please respond immediately........ please it is desperate plea for help....... i dont want to lose my friend............. please reply and when u do so, i will promptly send u his medical reports and maybe put you in touch with the doctors who are operating on him.......... money is no concern........ please do whatever you can to help me, my friend and his family
Doctor's Answer
by National Jewish, Dec 08, 2005 12:00AM
, Dec 08, 2005 12:00AM
You are right. This is a very serious situation. The best thing you can do for your friend is to make sure that he is getting the best possible care, available anywhere. He should be under the care of a pulmonologist and an infectious disease specialist, preferably one with special knowledge of tropical diseases. In most cases this would be available at the closest university medical center. You might start by calling this medical center and asking to speak to someone in the Infectious Disease division.
You should talk with your friend’s doctors about this to get their recommendations. Ask his doctors to contact the Center for Disease Control at http://www.cdc.gov/ to see if they have someone with special knowledge about the variety of malaria found in Nigeria. They may also provide physician consultation for complicated malaria. Another suggestion is to contact the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at http://www.astmh.org/ to find a tropical medicine specialist locally.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is actively engaged in research on malaria. View their Malaria Brochure at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/malaria/ for further information.
You should talk with your friend’s doctors about this to get their recommendations. Ask his doctors to contact the Center for Disease Control at http://www.cdc.gov/ to see if they have someone with special knowledge about the variety of malaria found in Nigeria. They may also provide physician consultation for complicated malaria. Another suggestion is to contact the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at http://www.astmh.org/ to find a tropical medicine specialist locally.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is actively engaged in research on malaria. View their Malaria Brochure at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/malaria/ for further information.
I assume he is still in a hospital. The best thing to do would be to get a good infectious disease doc on his case, together with a pulmonologist. This probably has already been done, as a finding of malaria sounds as if ID has already been called in. It sounds as if he has some thinking doctors already around him, which is good.
I hope your friend comes out of this. Good luck to him.
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Hope this helps. Keep us updated.
~L (Registered Respiratory Therapist)
I do have a respiratory contact and I will email her to see if this is being done in our area. She works at our competitor hospital in the area but has been in respiratory for over 25 years.
Thanks so much for this information.
~L RRT