Respiratory Diseases

Neonate born at 38 weeks getsation with RDS by elective cesearean section.Mother has poorly controlled diabetes, how could this affect the lung surfactant?

2007-02-05 22:32:29 · 2 answers · asked by Roseann F 1

I have swelling in my ankles and stomach at times. I have had problems with kidney stones in the past.

However lately I have been awakening in the middle of the night (Seems like fluid in my throat) coughing and hacking just trying to get some air.

2007-02-05 19:48:54 · 8 answers · asked by THE OZZ MAN 1

2007-02-05 19:46:25 · 3 answers · asked by Jones M 2

2007-02-05 19:44:29 · 13 answers · asked by jakalina1969 1

2007-02-05 18:28:49 · 10 answers · asked by vanessa w 1

2007-02-05 17:02:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I7 years ago, I got a cold, and then after the cold it left me with a feeling of having something stuck in my throat. like a mucus; I went to two doctors, one told me tat i just had mucus stuck to my throat and the other told me that I had a sinus infection. Well the doctor (sinus) gave me some medicine, and i took it, but it didn't do anything. I still have that feeling in my throat, and it has not gone awy and its been a reaaaaaaaaaally long time ( 7 years). I've gotten so used to it, that it doesn't really bother me anymore. but today the feeling got worse, and its kinda hard for me to swallow. Does anyone know what's wrong with my throat? IMy mom tells me that it would get better, but it's been seven years and it has not gone away...Is it really sinus infection?

2007-02-05 15:39:55 · 7 answers · asked by lesliek 1

what is it about the structure of the alveoli that makes them an ideal site for gas exchange?

2007-02-05 15:37:46 · 6 answers · asked by BLINKY! 1

2007-02-05 14:46:21 · 7 answers · asked by butterflyspy 5

My doctor tells me Coricidin but that doesn't even touch it. Help!

2007-02-05 14:16:49 · 5 answers · asked by unicornfarie1 6

My boyfriend and I developed a bad chesty cough and blocked/runny noses just over a week ago whilst in Florida, and it still hasn't cleared up yet.
The weird thing is, no one else we were with had a cold or developed one after we left. And more concerning is that the symptoms developed during the evening when we had the air conditioning in the hotel room running full belt for the first time during the trip.

It has been 9 days now and, although the symptoms aren't as bad as they have been, we are both still coughing up greenish/yellow phlem all day and our noses are constantly blocked and streaming. We had hot and cold flushes in the first few days but that has cleared up now. At the moment we have been medicating ourselves with lemsips, asprin and cough mixture. But I'm beginning to think we need something stronger.

Do you think this is just a bad cold or could it be pneumonia? And do you think we should see a doctor for stronger drugs?

2007-02-05 12:48:56 · 8 answers · asked by Andrea S 2

i think i might have pneumonia ,,,,,,how fast does it work, and can it fatal? i started having symptoms last night, now my chest is on fire and im coughing alot, i have fever chills and im really really uncomfortable...can anyone hep me out please?

2007-02-05 12:23:04 · 3 answers · asked by rednecksurfer_roxy 3

2007-02-05 11:38:18 · 4 answers · asked by *Ruffian* 3

Its minus -34 celcius, my parents think its "bad for your lungs" whats seems like bull crap 2 me, is this true?

2007-02-05 11:19:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been diagnosed with askthma for years but now doctors have revealed something strange. Unlike other people who have their air tube contract, I have minor contraction and alot of mucus buildup. Right now I'm wheezing alot so any quick help or suggestions would be appreciated. I just used my Xopenex inhaler (almost same as Albuterol) and I'm still having the symptoms, any ideas?

2007-02-05 11:11:50 · 4 answers · asked by thesecretis25 1

Yes i have heard of a branch off of a tree that will help anyone know the name of it.

2007-02-05 10:25:35 · 3 answers · asked by bear9161 1

his cough is making his chest muscles hurt. and he cant get into the doctor for another couple days

2007-02-05 08:49:30 · 4 answers · asked by stewartfj40 2

My father in law had the surgery and after he was returned to his room for the next 3 days he was not given pain medication. Seven days later he died of acute respiratory distress syndrome (the kidneys failed, he got a blood clot a day after the surgery).

My position is that he could not expand his lungs the way he needed to because he was in pain (he was 87). And there for the pneumonia / ards set in his lungs. Once he was admitted to icu (on a monday), they gave him morfine. Which tells me that the health care professionals knew that he had pain. Part of the excuse to the family was that his doctor was not in on the weekend.

For a younger person, this surgery would have allowed them to go home in four hours. For someone his age he was to go home 3 days later.

Is gallbladder surgery recovery painful?

2007-02-05 08:47:09 · 3 answers · asked by Naomi 2

I only ask because sometimes it hurts where they said it is. (they found out from an X-Ray when I had pleurisy.) I used to smoke but I quit last year.

2007-02-05 08:40:52 · 2 answers · asked by meganr_77 1

2007-02-05 08:33:07 · 3 answers · asked by Zag 4

Can you just be a carrier of the gene?

2007-02-05 08:27:41 · 6 answers · asked by Bowllynn 7

i also have pains in my left hand side of my chest

2007-02-05 08:07:14 · 14 answers · asked by stephen h 1

over the last 2-3 weeks i have had a really bad sore throat, cold and a terrible cough. Every time i go outside i have really bad coughing fits my dad has given me madicine but it just gets worse anyone know what it is or how to get rid of it?

2007-02-05 08:06:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I use a pharmacy by mail service, and have been impatiently waiting for almost a month for my meds. I had already decided I better call them on Monday. Well, Saturday I receive in the mail a letter from the Pharmacy stating I need a new prescription for some thing other than Proventil (which I have used for over 20 years) because the manufacturer had discontinued it! My Dr. is out of town ,and not only I am concerned aboutrunning out, but what Am I going to take for my Asthma now? Has anyone else heard about this, and why didn't my Dr. know? I just had my yearly checkup, and this was a new prescription. Even stranger is the fact that I received a message from PrimeMail Pharmacy 2 weeks ago saying my order was on its way, never came, and then this letter in the mail saying discontinued- I cannot run out of tis , any ideas? I'm very worried!!

2007-02-05 07:52:36 · 1 answers · asked by wheezie 3

It is obvious that the virus is in the air when one sneezes, coughs, etc but when your partner insists on still having sex even though you are not feeling well can the virus still be passed on? I have asked several of my friends and they don't know but say the same thing...their man also insists no matter how bad they are feeling. Men are sick creatures!!!!!!!

2007-02-05 07:43:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

After many many weeks of testing, horrible pain in my shoulder and neck and several misdiagnoses, doctors found that I had an 8" abcess of the plural space which was also pressing on my liver. I also had pneumonia. All the specialists that were consulted on my case were shocked by my final diagnoses, especially considering what seemed like unrelated symptoms and said that they had never really seen this type of thing, they had no idea what caused it (they did ask me if I raised birds or if I had been out of the country) and weren't exactly sure how to treat it. Has anyone else heard of anything similar to this and what kind of treatment was done?

2007-02-05 07:33:58 · 1 answers · asked by Carrington 1

2007-02-05 06:54:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Started with sore throat and runny nose now the blood and green stuff.

2007-02-05 06:45:31 · 10 answers · asked by MotherNature 4

my doctor told me i have a blistery throat and it was bronchitis, ive had a burning chest with cough but i dont produce any mucus. the pain hurts so bad i force myself not to cough when it comes on.he told me that it can go to pnuemonia if not treated. but sometimes it feels like my lungs are hurting rigth after the cough. i got antibotics but do you think its pnuemonia or just a bad case of bronchitis?

2007-02-05 04:28:23 · 5 answers · asked by pkuchick 4

2007-02-05 02:14:59 · 5 answers · asked by lonelygirl 1