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Avatar n tn Ending theprednisone will cause immediate excessmucus which can be dealth with by the inhaler. Initially you may need an hourly treatment. Maybe for the first six hours. Go to every six hours as soon as possible. Take two 800mg Ibuprifin with an eight hour intervalwith food the first day. Each subsequent day take 100mg Ibuprufin 1n 200mg doses at three hour intervals. This is a mild anti-inflammatory which will settle down the lung.
620048 tn?1358018235 that is recommended for treatment of pneumonia. The steroid is probably more for your COPD then the pneumonia itself as your breathing is probably worse. In hospital they would have started you on IV steroids and then tapered you to the oral dose. most people stay in the hospital only a few days with moderate pneumonia. With the added respiratory problems maybe you would have stayed in another day or two. Depending on your respiratory status prior to the pneumonia could be 2-4 weeks.
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 I am recovering from pneumonia. I have been on oxygen since going into the hospital and am on it now that I am at home. I go back to my dr on July 10th. How do I wean myself off oxygen?
1298603 tn?1272684600 I had pneumonia in both lungs and was so oxygen deprived that I was very lathargic. My children actually thought I was high on drugs for two days. After a visit to the er they put me in ICU and on the vent. I was there for almost the whole month of April. The atrophy was hard to deal with at first but is getting much better. But I am oxygen dependant and am not sure how long I am going to be like this. I still have pneumonia in the bottom of both lungs and have to be very careful.
Avatar n tn I was recently taken to the hospital because my lungs were filling with water and phlegm. At that time, they said it was Pneumonia. But I had to go back a second time, and this time, they said my lungs were filling with water and phlegm, and my heart was enlarged. Now, they said the water in my lungs has nothing to do with pneumonia but is caused by my heart being enlarged. According to my latest X-Ray results, I have Cardiomegaly, left ventricular form.
Avatar m tn I am not sure what exactly was wrong but if she was having wheezes and ronchi then bronchodilators can be given to open up the airways. Also, she needed oxygen therapy, medical management of renal failure by probably dialysis. Blood urea, serum creatinine etc should have been measured. Apart from this, it is difficult to really analyze such cases on net. Please discuss with your seniors who were managing the case. Take care!
Avatar n tn I was diagnosted with COPD Stage II in 2009, it had been well controlled with meds, diet and exercise. Needless to say I was diagnosted with pneumonia and stayed 4 more days in hospital then moved to rehab for 2 1/2 more weeks. All this time I have been on 24/7 oxygen and doesn't look as if I'm ever going to get off of it. Almost all my meds have stopped working (spiriva, symbicort, advair, etc.
Avatar m tn These complications can include dehydration, ear or sinus infections, and bacterial or viral pneumonia, which can fill the air sacs in the lungs with pus or fluid, making it difficult to breathe and depriving older patients of adequate oxygen. In some cases, pneumonia may be asymptomatic, but it is still contagious if it results from a bacterial or viral infection.
Avatar n tn The doctor diagnosed pneumonia, but said it might also be congestive heart failure. Her oxygen saturation levels hovered around 85 percent, and dropped quickly when the oxygen mask, which she resisted, was removed. She died very quickly when the mask was taken off. How long could she have lived if she had worn the oxygen mask? Sometimes I wish I had threatened to sue the doctor and the hospital for not having admitted her to a room.
Avatar f tn My baby has been diagnosed with pneumonia, a week ago. She still acts as if she is in pain, and has short rapid breaths. She is on Zeniquin, and a pain med. She was originally in an oxygen kennel for 2 days, and was pretty good when we brought her home. Now it seems like she gets these bouts of gasping for air, her gums are still pink. I am startin to think her vets arent sure what is wrong with her.
Avatar f tn My pulse ox is 84 and in 5ltrs of oxygen have pneumonia copd and asthma what should i do
Avatar f tn In usual cases of pneumonia, oxygen level in the blood is severely restricted and it takes a pressure breathing apparatus to force enriched air into the lungs (life support). Just using an oxygen mask for example would be a very mild form. The key is for the mucus to be cultured to see if it contains anything such as a bacteria or virus, then the appropriate antibiotics can be administered if necessary.
Avatar f tn when i took her to vet on the 21st, vet advised me to put her down, that wasnt an option for me, so we put her on oxygen the 21st along with albuterol breathing treatments, and antibiotics, she got 100% better, last night had her out of the oxygen tent for like 8 hours, all of a sudden she started gasping real bad again, how long should she be under oxygen tent but to only take her out when feeding? Is there something else we should try? Is she ever gonna completly get over this?
Avatar m tn I had one this month too and it put me back on the oxygen 24/7. I actually had pneumonia. I am now ok and back to the oxygen just at night with my cpap. I hope this helps. If you need to talk, I am here.
Avatar m tn I was diagnosed with COPD/Emphysema about 10 years ago when I ended up hospitalized for pneumonia. In 2017 I ended up on life support for five days and my family was told I was not going to make it. I had gone into full respiratory failure due to where I live and horrible forest fires and a huge lumber mill caught fire as well. It turns out they had a rough time inserting the ventilator due to I have a small esophagus. Ever since then my voice sounds raspy and at times hard to hear.
Avatar f tn I'm trying to understand what is wrong with my sister...she has Asthma also Empysemia. She hasn't been well for a couple of weeks & her Dr daid she had a chest infection. Last week she was rushed into hospital, she could hardly breathe, put her on oxygen etc but it didn't help much. Had an xray, they said she didnt have a chest infection. Then a CT Scan, they said she did have infection.
Avatar f tn I had the same situation before but just a pneumonia bilateral not covid pneumonia. Are you feeling fine now? Based on my research on pneumonia, the person having it usually recovers for about 6 months. That is totally normal coz you're still on process of healing your lungs and our body is recovering from the illness due to pneumonia. Until now I am having the urge of taking deep breaths and still working on it until my breathing is normal.
Avatar f tn My mother with already compromised lungs had an pneumonia. She went to the er, was put in icu then a day later sedated with breathing tube and oxygen along with iv antibiotics. On the third day she suffered a massive stroke early in the morning while no visitors were there. They were trying to wean her off of the oxygen just 2 days in. Had anyone heard of such a thing like this ever happening?
Avatar m tn Why do I get pneumonia so often This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/282364'>Chronic Pneumonia</a>.
Avatar n tn If you have a virus that resulted in pneumonia, while allopathic medicine has little in the way of anti-virals, there are plants that have anti-viral properties. Olive leaf and elderberry are two examples. Herb Pharm makes a tincture that helps with virus control. That being said, though, and assuming this is viral in nature, once you have pneumonia you have progressed significantly through the viral process already and the more important thing is clearing the lungs.
Avatar f tn She had pins put in her right hip. She was sent back to the nursing home. She is now on oxygen all of the time. This is something she never used before her first trip to the hospital with kidney failure. She was still living at home and was not having any trouble breathing that the doctors felt she needed oxygen at home. They now can't get her blood thinner regulated and she has a level of 0.7. We are told the norms are 1.2-2.0.
Avatar f tn she did the oxygen test and said im getting enough oxygen. so it cant be pneumonia. i do not have a cough.its not hard to breath. i had a TB test last year it was negative. should i get another one? i havent been anywhere that i could really be exposed. my lungs just feel so tired and achey and they just hurt. i have asthma but im not wheezing and i dont need my inhaler..
Avatar m tn Without more information, one can conclude the medical issue to be heart failure or low oxygen level blood to heart cells due to pneumonia. Blurred vision is not a symptom related to a heart condition, but it could be related to medication or eye problem itself. Thank you for the question, and if you have any other questions or comments you are invited to respond.
Avatar m tn Right now he is on an oxygen mask and they have been able to lower it from 50 to 45 and now to 35, but his pulse oxygen levels are only 92. Without the oxygen it drops into the 20s within a minute or two. He has been in the hospital since 4/10 (almost 2 weeks). As of now he has not had to be put onto a ventilator. Our family and his oncology doctors agree that he should be tested for pnuemocystis pneumonia (PCP), but the pulmonologist says that there is no need and won't budge.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn I played sports heavily all my life, high school varsity football 3 year letterman in Ohio, 13 years of baseball, the works, and I never had breathing problems really, except walking pneumonia during my senior football season. Its been about 2 and a half years and about six months ago my breathing became very difficult, my lungs felt tight, I coughed up brown chunky phlegm, and felt low on energy, like i don't have enough oxygen or something. I smoked about half a pack a day.