my uncle is in the hospital and he asked that is caused by drugs it is also a man that was well known for years to have an addictive personality and the hospital now that he s also a veteran on and they still gave him a oxy cotton as a bit of pain medicine then everything just kind of progress from there right now here in the hospital and he s got so much fluid in his lungs I know that he can barely talk when he breathes you hear the fluid and they regiving him the lot in could that be a problem
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. If fluid is present around lungs than it must be aspirated and send for examination. There are many causes for pleural effusion. Common ones are1. Infections like TB and bacterial pneumonia. 2. Malignancy.3. Cardiac causes4. Cirrhosis of liver etc better to get done pleural fluid aspiration and done its investigation like1. Pleural fluid routine micro2. Pleural fluid cytology3. Culture and sensitivity4. Pleural fluid ADA (Adenosine Deaminate Activity)So discuss these with doctor and proceed accordingly.