My uncle has "advanced lung cancer" at least 3B. He had a pleural effusion and has a permanent chest drain. Now he has a swollen abdomen and feet. What could cause this? ... View answer

84 yr old male copd enphsesima right lung lower portion removed developed an abscess tried to drain now they want to remove portion of rib and leave chest open to drain. I think Lung air leak... View answer

my wife is undergoing radiation therapy for lung cancer . her oncologist ordered a brain mri as a precaution. one of the results from the report referred to microvascular gliosis. please explain... View answer

85 yr old male, metastasized kidney cancer , plural effusion with permanent drain getting 600 ml ... weak prior to raising of toprol from 50 to 100. The dr who originally prescribed it at 50... View answer

Is there a way of draining fluid from the inner ear ... View answer

My mom has 4 stage non small cell lung cancer and she has been in the hospital every other week for ... smashing the lung. They drained one whole (BIG) bag full and said she still has about to... View answer

My sister has a pin prick hole in her lung with a drain tube in it. How will it heal with the drain tube in it? This followed surgical removal of a malignant nodule in her lung. Sorry, I... View answer

2yrs. She has had a perminant belly drain that has been removed due to the drain clogging. Her left lung now has a perminant drain & there is talk of another drain for her other... View answer

high temp nearly 40, has a drain in his side to drain a collection has an infection from this and a double lung infection now has a drain down his nose which is bringing up green... View answer

My father had a procedure done where two tubes where inserted in his side to drain fluid from his right lung and send a fiber optic camera to look at lung and biopsies were taken. It was said... View answer