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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Problem Based The Following Report
My wife just had breathing problem we took her to a doctor who suggested chest X-ray and the reports shows lower love haziness s/o lrti cardia is normal , fealuis of lrti can u please let me know what it means and is it critical or it s just something which we can treat under normal conditions
Mon, 21 Jul 2014
HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC.
GOING BY YOUR CHEST X RAY REPORT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT "LRTI" STANDS FOR "LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION".ITS A NON SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS.IT INCLUDES VARIOUS DISEASES PLACED IN IT RANGING FROM MILD TO LIFE THREATENING INFECTIONS.THEY INCLUDE COMMON DISEASES LIKE PNEUMONIA,COPD(CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE),EMPHYSEMA,BRONCHIAL ASTHMA,TUBERCULOSIS,LUNG ABSCESS...etc.SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THAT MAJORITY OF THESE CAN BE MANAGED BY SPECIFIC ANTIBIOTICS THERAPY WITH DRUGS LIKE PENICILLINS,MACROLIDES,TETRACYCLINES,FLUROQUINOLONES AND OXYGEN SUPPLEMENTATION.CRTICAL ILLNESS CAN BE DEFINED ONLY IN CASE IF YOUR WIFE DEVELOPS SEVERE DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING,FALL IN BLOOD PRESSURE AND OXYGEN SATURATION%.SO YOUR WIFE'S CHEST X RAY REPORT NEEDS CLINICAL CORRELATION.CONSULT AN EXPERT CHEST PHYSICIAN TO HELP YOU FURTHER.
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
GOING BY YOUR CHEST X RAY REPORT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT "LRTI" STANDS FOR "LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION".ITS A NON SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS.IT INCLUDES VARIOUS DISEASES PLACED IN IT RANGING FROM MILD TO LIFE THREATENING INFECTIONS.THEY INCLUDE COMMON DISEASES LIKE PNEUMONIA,COPD(CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE),EMPHYSEMA,BRONCHIAL ASTHMA,TUBERCULOSIS,LUNG ABSCESS...etc.SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THAT MAJORITY OF THESE CAN BE MANAGED BY SPECIFIC ANTIBIOTICS THERAPY WITH DRUGS LIKE PENICILLINS,MACROLIDES,TETRACYCLINES,FLUROQUINOLONES AND OXYGEN SUPPLEMENTATION.CRTICAL ILLNESS CAN BE DEFINED ONLY IN CASE IF YOUR WIFE DEVELOPS SEVERE DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING,FALL IN BLOOD PRESSURE AND OXYGEN SATURATION%.SO YOUR WIFE'S CHEST X RAY REPORT NEEDS CLINICAL CORRELATION.CONSULT AN EXPERT CHEST PHYSICIAN TO HELP YOU FURTHER.
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
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