Definition
Aspiration pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs and airways to the lungs (bronchial tubes) from breathing in foreign material. Aspiration pneumonia occurs when foreign materials (usually food, liquids, vomit, or fluids from the mouth) are breathed into the lungs or airways leading to the lungs.
I, myself, have lots of problems with swallowing issues. I can be eating or drinking, and swallow it "down the windpipe", causing me to choke, which in turn causes a temporary "coughing spell".
This has been an "issue" since I was Dx'd, but has become more of an issue of late.
I constantly have, fluid on the lungs, which my PCP, determined to be from allergies (without checking the issue, i.e. chest X-ray, etc.).
I take OTC medicine, Mucinex, daily, to combat the issue, to little relief I might add.
[I'm sorry, but I'm not into "checking" what I might "cough up", if you know what I mean, so I couldn't tell my doctor what color it is.]
In doing my own research, i.e. over the Internet, for my symptoms, I have determined it's a "possibility", that I might have "aspiration pneumonia", no I'm not a doctor, so I truly cannot say I do. However, I do have an appointment w/ my PCP tomorrow, hopefully he will have an X-ray taken, etc. to find out.
Every time, I see him, and tell him what "issues" I'm having, I feel like he thinks I'm a "hypochondriac".
Has anyone else, had experience with these issues (swallowing, coughing, aspiration pneumonia, etc.)?