aspiration pneumonia lung sounds

Lung cancer can predispose one to pneumonia but in that case the pneumonia would recur in the same place in your lung each time. In addition it is quite unlikely that the radiologist would mistake lung cancer for pneumonia. That still leaves the question of why you should have recurrent pneumonia, unanswered and that is a question that will require further investigation.

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.

It is possible to get aspiration pneumonia from just about anything, but much less likely to occur with the aspiration of small kernels. Much more likely that your lungs will clear themselves of the rice and that should happen in a relatively short period of time.

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.

if could be any of the following Blood clot in the lung Bronchiectasis Bronchitis Cancer Cystic fibrosis Goodpasture syndrome Inflammation of the blood vessels in the lung (vasculitis) Inhaling blood into the lungs (pulmonary aspiration) Irritation of the throat from violent coughing Nosebleed that drips blood down into the lungs Laryngitis Pneumonia Pulmonary edema Systemic lupus erythematosus Tuberculosis

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.

What comes to mind with your son’s history of pneumonia in the same spot is that there may be an abnormality of that specific part of your son’s lung, either congenital or acquired. There are a number each type, not common but also not rare. The congenital are usually the result of some type of anatomical abnormality.

There are potentially dozens of conditions to explain what is going on now in the categories of chronic infection, hypersensitivity pneumonia due to an allergic response, collagen vascular disease, the inhalation of a toxic material, gases or particles, lung fluid retention in association with kidney or liver disease and a variety of lung diseases of unknown or disputed cause, including sarcoidosis.

To answer your question regarding aspiration, yes, aspiration of a wide variety of foreign bodies, can cause pneumonia and/or lung abscess and fever could be one sign of this complication. I suggest that you contact your primary care doctor to get his/her opinion and that strong consideration be given to bronchoscopy. Mucinex or any other medication is unlikely to clear whatever was aspirated. Also, the longer you wait, the more likely are you to develop lung infection.

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.

To be truthful, I have never heard of a lung wash. Did your Vet mention about maybe trying a needle aspiration? Has the dog had blood work done? WBC elevated indication an infection? Some of these procedures can be expensive, that's for sure,but I have no idea about this. Perhaps someone else on the Boards can give you more helpful information. Have you maybe tried doing a google search on that? Sorry, it's late here and I don't have time to look into this further.

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.

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.

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.

I have been having health problems for a few years with no explanation. I have never smoked. I have been being treated for pneumonia for 3 months. The treatment is not working. The doctor has told me that event though he sees some changes in the area where the pneumonia is, that there is a white spot on my right lung that has appeared in all my xrays. He asked if I was sick before the pneumonia diagnosis and the answer is yes.

I took him to the vet and they said he had aspiration pneumonia in only the right lung. After 10 days on Clavamox his nose looked almost healed and the fur started growing back on the lip. He coughed up the abcess in his lung and survived that. (coughing up the blood and mucus looked painful) No more signs of coughing and he is eating, drinking, pooping and peeing normally. But,,, the nose started looking burned again with new black scabs. Is this ring worm or skin cancer?

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....

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. What exactly causes death? Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you.

//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.

A 5 mm nodule is considered quite small. The odds are high, and in your favor, that a nodule this small, especially one with a smooth, round border, is a benign lesion. That would be especially true if you are a non-smoker.

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.

He has a small patch of pneumonia on the lung uncured for about three months now, and he has been on and off Levaquin. The cardiologist saw this and told me that he thinks my father has months to live. He feels mental cloudiness and inability to walk are confirmation that the heart has become too weak to support normal function. The doctor holds out hope that if we can treat the pneumonia and any electrolyte imbalances that we might get him to snap out of this.

If, as hally mentioned, swallowing is a possible concern, a swallowing study may need to be performed as well to rule out aspiration before aspiration pneumonia develops.

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