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Aspiration pneumonia(URGENT)

my sister has been diognised with Aspiration pneumonia.She was having flu like symptom for 2 days and had black out.We immidietly rushed her to hospital.her oxygen saturation point at that time was 45.She is on ventilator for more than 4 days.Currently doctors are adminstrating MEROPENEM 3TIMES A DAY.To day she is having high fever of around104F.NO IMPROVEMENT.CAN ANYONE SUGGEST SOMETHING .I am in India.Money is not an issue.
Thanks in advance
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942934 tn?1268108382
I'm sorry to hear that. I do hope she will start to come out of it soon.
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Her condition is worsening.Septicimea has set in.she is still on life support.Doctors are adminstering albumin and haemoglobin.They are planning for a dialysis today as her kidney has been affected
Regards
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Her condition is worsening.Septicimea has set in.she is still on life support.Doctors are adminstering albumin and haemoglobin.They are planning for a dialysis today as her kidney has been affected
Regards
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I hope your sister is well or well on the road to recovery by the time you read this! A few years ago I had Pneumonia for nine weeks, although I was never as sick as your sister, I was very sick. At the end of nine weeks with nothing helping, my doctor gave me a cortizone shot! this did it for me I was well (totally well) within 24 hours. The cortizone shot they gave me was a clear liquid given in the upper hip with a needle so small there is NO PAIN! I have had Bronchitis many times since, and it works well for that too. Good Luck! Lee1221
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matter of fact she is still in ventilation.septicemia has set in.doctors are giving albumin and haemoglobin.I finding it very frustrating
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942934 tn?1268108382
It sounds like you sister is getting the best care possible. She is on the ventilator to help her body heal itself. Off the ventilator, her body would expend too much energy just trying to breath to get the extra oxygen in. This is a bacterial infection? Then hopefully the antibiotics will kick in to kill the infection. At that point, she will start her healing process. It will be a slow one. I've had bad bacterial bronchial infections that required a lot of prednisone plus antibiotics to get my lungs better again. Even after the fever is gone, it took many weeks for the lungs to heal.

Let's hope she will come through and then you can give her your care while she recovers :-)
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