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Has My Lung Collapsed Due To Pleural Effusion After Being Put On Catheter?
I have been diagnosed with pleural effusion and they have drained by cathiter over 3,000 ml from my right lung the fluid almost looked like blood in color. Now I have been home for two weeks, it still flows about 250ml a day but is now clearer and looks the color of urine. I see the lung doctor tomorrow. So far he has not been able to tell what is causing the problem. and wants to run a diagnotic thoracoscope on my left lung .I have been hesitant because I fear with my right lung having collapsed what real complications I can have.
Fri, 17 Jan 2014
hi welcome to hcm
i am a pulmonologist and i will try to answer your query
diagnostic thoracoscopy in your left lung now? i dont think so he might be planning to evaluate y our condition by doing a pleuroscopy in your rt lung or he might be planning to do a bronchoscope to evaluate for persistent collapse of rt lung
hemmoragic effusion (red coloured effusion) - causes might be many some may include casues such as lung cancer or hemothorax or tb pleural effusion
i am a pulmonologist and i will try to answer your query
diagnostic thoracoscopy in your left lung now? i dont think so he might be planning to evaluate y our condition by doing a pleuroscopy in your rt lung or he might be planning to do a bronchoscope to evaluate for persistent collapse of rt lung
hemmoragic effusion (red coloured effusion) - causes might be many some may include casues such as lung cancer or hemothorax or tb pleural effusion
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