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1618318 tn?1318196283 I have swallowing disorders that put me at risk for aspiration pneumonia. Are there any tests that can be done to differentiate the type of pneumonia? I have had several xrays done on my chest and was put on antibiotics.
Avatar n tn I recently had my puppy who was less than 2 years old pass away from aspiration pneumonia. I tried everything from antibiotics to oxygen therapy and nebulization treatment. Unfortunately, he just couldn't handle it and 3 days later he was gone. I've been thinking about it the last couple of months and trying to understand what aspiration pneumonia is and how it caused his death. The vet explained to me that aspiration pneumonia is an infection that can feel like a chemical burn.
Avatar n tn ve encountered a case in which a 5-day old puppy was brought in the clinic with hemoptysis, I concluded that it was aspiration pneumonia because the puppy was only been nursed by the owner... We immediately administered antibiotics and wasn't able to put on IV fluids due to the small size of the puppy, we tried administering oral fluids, but it doesn't work well.... after an hour, the puppy died and coughed a lot of blood....
Avatar m tn Aspiration pneumonia is a result of constant acid reflux into the stomach. You've probably haven't developed it yet, and you'll be probably fine, when you control your stomach infection, since this should stop your burping. Aspiration pneumonia can be only prevented, not really treated. Steroids maybe, but I guess, you don't have pneumonia already.
620048 tn?1358018235 Sorry to hear that you aren't improving very quickly from your aspiration pneumonia. Do you have COPD or some other chronic lung condition as well? Just wondering if that was making things slower to improve. I do hope you start feeling better soon.
Avatar n tn Okay, so I have 2 3 week old kittens. One is quite a bit smaller. They have to be bottlefed, but for the first week and a half or so of their life they had Mom. Anyway, on Thursday one was drinking but I accidentally pushed on the bottle and some came out of it's nose. I cleaned it up and 'cleared' the lungs as much as possible. Now her breathing sounds fine, but I'm just wondering if it's possible she might have aspiration pneumonia?
Avatar f tn //www.healthline.com/health/aspiration-pneumonia. How are you now? There are symptoms of aspiration pneumonia but they normally last longer than a short bit. https://www.healthline.com/health/aspiration-pneumonia#treatment. Please let us know how you are doing now.
Avatar f tn I was diagnosed with pneumonia today and I've been getting radiation for my left breast for cancer for the last three weeks. First, did the radiation weaken my lungs to make me getting pneumonia easier? Secondly should I continue with the radiation while taking antibiotics or wait until I'm over the medicine or just the 48 hours that the doctor said I would be contagious?
620048 tn?1358018235 In MS, Aspiration Pneumonia can be related to issues with swallowing or gastric reflux. Stomach contents and saliva can cause problems in the lungs. Sometime occupational and speech therapists can help with swallowing issues. I have no idea whether sleeping upright on pillows or a recliner works. It seems to help reflux patients keep the stomach contents down. I suspect that it may help with the drainage of saliva. Let us know what you find out.
Avatar f tn Hi Doctor, at lunch today I was taste testing my yellow rice to see if it was soft enough to finish a recipe and choked on a couple of pieces. I coughed and then made myself cough a number of times 'just in case', but am concerned it went into my lungs and might cause aspiration pneumonia. I have no lung problems.
182884 tn?1259312906 Hi, I am a 62 year old female, who quit smoking in 1979, hospitalized for over a month with aspiration pneumonia. Had acute bronchitis for many years, another episode pneumonia three years after this one. I recently started a new job and for three months was constantly sick with fever, productive cough and general illness.
Avatar n tn It was repaired two days later. She suffered aspiration pneumonia and a UTI fungal infection in the hospital. She was finally transferred to a rehabiliation center after being in the hospital for 4 weeks. In the rehab center, they told us she now has MRSA pneumonia. What are her chances of overcoming all of this? She is on a trach and at times seems very coherent. How much longer do we let her endure all of this? She never says she's in pain or uncomfortable.
Avatar f tn m now 65years old so have done pretty well. Have just been discharged from hospital after 3weeks with aspiration pneumonia. It's the 2nd bout this year & became life threatening because I had a severe reaction to the iv antibiotic tazocin/piperacillin. My big worry is that the neuro says I have probable bulbar palsy. This affects the cranial nerves responsible for swallowing, speech etc etc. Does anyone know anything about this?
Avatar m tn Pain/tingling of the upper abdomen or bottom right rib cage is a bit worrisome. It raises the question of possible pneumonia with pleurisy caused by the granola. I strongly suggest that you see your doctor and have a Chest X-ray. The food may not be visible on a plain X-ray but one of your lungs, most likely the right lung may be overinflated. The radiologist would pick this up, especially if the X-ray request states that you have swallowed a foreign body.
Avatar m tn Is it possible that aspiration pneumonia (oatmeal lodged in the trachea) can exacerbate COPD and/or asthma, thus causing the mild hyperinflation on an x-ray? The 70-yr-old patient is a former smoker (most of her life) and was found w/ an O2 sat of 40% that was a result of the bolus of food that the paramedics had to "force" a breathing tube through. Keep in mind, neither the amount of time that the oatmeal was lodged, nor the amount of time the O2 was low, cannot be verified.
Avatar m tn t as good leading to aspiration of food into the lungs. This leads to pneumonia or pneumonitis which can really worsened the patient overall clinical status. Most antibiotics don't work well for this. Clindamycin and flagyl tend to help a little bit more, but overall, the prognosis isn't great. Make sure that the feeding tube is in the right position, ie the stomach, not the lung (sometimes this happens). He may require a permanent feeding tube.
Avatar f tn I got a barrium swallow and it was normal so i assumed it was an anxiety issue, Then after I got the pneumonia i saw something on the internet about aspiration pneumonia and it scared me because I still feel lump in throat and nausea at times. Could I have aspirated something into my lungs? I am being treated for pneumonia but I dont know what type. cant get a hold of dr because of holiday.
Avatar m tn Aspiration is a common event. The aspiration can lead to bronchitis or pneumonia, often with cough and the cough may persist for a long time. Food is one type of foreign body that is aspirated. Only 20% of all objects aspirated are show up directly on chest x-ray, also called radio-opaque, and 40% will have a normal chest x-ray.
Avatar n tn The symptoms of cough with wheezing and breathlessness more pronounced on left side could be due to more affection on left lung due to asthma, allergic bronchitis of left lung, left lung pneumonia (though this will also cause fever) and aspiration pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia is seen in cases of severe GERD or gastric reflux where a part of the refluxed contents are aspirated by the lung. Left lung is more affected than right.
Avatar n tn From your description, you have severe gastro-esophageal reflux and, yes, this could well be the cause of recurrent pneumonia; a type of pneumonia called aspiration pneumonia. The reflux could also be the cause of what your doctors have diagnosed as “asthmatic bronchitis”, bronchitis with wheezing secondary to the aspiration of stomach contents into your bronchial tubes.
Avatar n tn t having a heart condition. I was cleared again of any heart problem. My dr. gave me antibiotics for the congestion. No exray was done. A month later, I was back with the same problem. She listened to my lungs and said that it didn't sound like pneumonia. She said she didn't know why this kept coming back. She suggested mucinex or a perscription form of mucinex. I took the mucinex. A month later, I'm right back to the same thing.