doc. said its water in lungs

[kavita1109]

My father had started coughing since last 15 days, he took some homemade remedies but in vain.  Yesterday he went to doctor and after some analysis he was advised to take x-ray of chest.  After seeing the report the doctor asked my father that how could he sleep all these nights with this problem.. According to him there is water in my fathers lungs.  I want to know how come this water developed in his lungs and what will be the solution.  Here the doctor have called father day after tommorow with some blood test reports.

I want some assistance in the above matter.  Kindly, help me out.

[National Jewish Health]

If the fluid is in your father’s lungs, as water is held in a sponge, then the most likely cause is heart failure, either with or without a heart attack and some heart attacks can be silent.  This type of fluid accumulation must be treated with medicines to cause the heart to beat more strongly and other medicines to make the kidneys pass more water out.

If the fluid surrounds one or both lungs, there are many causes including infection, tumors and failure of not only the heart, but also failure of the liver or kidneys.  This type of fluid collection can be treated with quick relief in the short term by removal of the fluid with a needle or catheter.  That can also help to make a diagnosis of what caused the fluid in the first place.  But, if the cause is not treated the fluid will often return.

If his doctor cannot quickly give you an explanation for why your father has fluid in his lungs, then you should request that he be seen by a heart or lung specialist, without delay.

Good luck.