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water in the lungs
by gen888, Apr 03, 2008 03:27AM
hello
Im gen from Philippines, last dec. 2006 my dr. remove water from my right lung,
then, under go six months treatment.after six months my dr. advice me to chest surgeon,
for more lab test, but the dr. advise for tube insertion.but i dont have the budget for the operation.
could you help me for some of my questions.
The doctor tell me its Pleural Thickening... does it lead to lung cancer?
what is the cause of pleural thickening? what are some medication-herbal, that could help me
Im gen from Philippines, last dec. 2006 my dr. remove water from my right lung,
then, under go six months treatment.after six months my dr. advice me to chest surgeon,
for more lab test, but the dr. advise for tube insertion.but i dont have the budget for the operation.
could you help me for some of my questions.
The doctor tell me its Pleural Thickening... does it lead to lung cancer?
what is the cause of pleural thickening? what are some medication-herbal, that could help me
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Are you sure it was 2006?
Do you remember what the 6 month treatment was? Was it a number of oral medications?
Your case seems to sound more like a tuberculous effusion (water in the lung), especially since TB is endemic in the Philippines.
Pleural thickening is usually die to a reaction either to an infection, an abnormal immune response, or malignancy. IF you did have TB, healing TB tends to scar, and it wouldn’t be surprising to have thickening. There is no known etiologic relationship between TB and lung cancer.
I want to follow up on this one my sister is hospitalised and diagnosed oral effusion, and numonia... she's been pumped water and her lung is still big what cause this waht culd be the real reason. she is two weeks in hospital and we are all confused please help
Lucky