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Suggest Treatment For Recurring Chest Infection

My nan is 82 she has had recurring chest infection and was so I ll the doc told us that she wouldn t make it. She came back fighting but is having problem breathing and cellulitis in her legs. She keeps getting infections then gets better with medicain they hit with another chest infectwwithin weeks of getting better. Now a scan has come back saying that the left side if her heart is not working g properly. This is why she is getting other symptoms such as breathlessness and sleeping g all the time and her leg problems. How long can someone of this age last with only the right side of her heart working.
Mon, 8 Jul 2019
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Hello,

You are having hemoptysis (blood in sputum). And hemoptysis is commonly seen with bronchitis, lung infection like pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung cancer etc.

So better to consult pulmonologist and get done :

1. Clinical examination of respiratory system
2. Chest X-ray
3. CT thorax
4. PFT (pulmonary function test).

Chest X-ray and CT thorax are needed for lung infection and lung cancer.

PFT is needed for bronchitis. You may need antibiotics, inhaled bronchodilator and inhaled corticosteroids on the basis of these reports.

Once your underlying lung pathology is treated, you will be fit for surgery (THR).

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
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Suggest Treatment For Recurring Chest Infection

Hello, You are having hemoptysis (blood in sputum). And hemoptysis is commonly seen with bronchitis, lung infection like pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung cancer etc. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done : 1. Clinical examination of respiratory system 2. Chest X-ray 3. CT thorax 4. PFT (pulmonary function test). Chest X-ray and CT thorax are needed for lung infection and lung cancer. PFT is needed for bronchitis. You may need antibiotics, inhaled bronchodilator and inhaled corticosteroids on the basis of these reports. Once your underlying lung pathology is treated, you will be fit for surgery (THR). Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon