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Suggest Treatment For Fluid In Lung And Rapid Heart Rate

I am a 63 year old female with twenty plus yeas of RA. Recently had heart cath and resultant two stints to open blockage. Two weeks later, had 700 ccs of fluid removed from one lung. Began cardio rehab and subsequently began rapid weight loss - more than 10% of body weight - began to experience extreme weakness, rapid heart rate, anemia, more flud on lung removed - 500ccs. Recent stress test resulted in need for second heat cath to take place soon. Thank you.
Fri, 22 Sep 2017
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Hello ! I can understand your concern . Considering your history you seem to have pleural effusion (fluid collection around the lungs) due to cardiac problem likely heart failure. As your heart has got weakened, it might be unable to pump blood normally and because of this there is seepage of fluid in the space around the lungs.To confirm this you should go for an echocardiography which gives a clear idea regarding the functioning of your heart. One more thing to be done is to send the fluid aspirated from around your lungs for analysed. Complete analysis report of the pleural fluid will point towards the most likely cause for the fluid collection. The most important treatment for pleural effusion due to cardiac problem is to treat the underlying cardiac problem adequately. Once that is done , eventually the fluid will also reduce - most likely you will need T. Lasix which flushes off the exceed fluid through urine.Also Consume less than 1 litre water per day and restrict salt intake, these help in reducing the fluid collection. So the next thing you need to do now is to review with your cardiologist and also consult a pulmonologist to have your fluid aspirated and analysed. Hope this helps. Do drop in your valuable feedback
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Suggest Treatment For Fluid In Lung And Rapid Heart Rate

Hello ! I can understand your concern . Considering your history you seem to have pleural effusion (fluid collection around the lungs) due to cardiac problem likely heart failure. As your heart has got weakened, it might be unable to pump blood normally and because of this there is seepage of fluid in the space around the lungs.To confirm this you should go for an echocardiography which gives a clear idea regarding the functioning of your heart. One more thing to be done is to send the fluid aspirated from around your lungs for analysed. Complete analysis report of the pleural fluid will point towards the most likely cause for the fluid collection. The most important treatment for pleural effusion due to cardiac problem is to treat the underlying cardiac problem adequately. Once that is done , eventually the fluid will also reduce - most likely you will need T. Lasix which flushes off the exceed fluid through urine.Also Consume less than 1 litre water per day and restrict salt intake, these help in reducing the fluid collection. So the next thing you need to do now is to review with your cardiologist and also consult a pulmonologist to have your fluid aspirated and analysed. Hope this helps. Do drop in your valuable feedback