2006-11-19 11:05:56 · 5 answers · asked by MUJER M 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
If she has fluid it wouldn't be behind the lungs but in them. Ordinarily the lungs fill with fluid because the heart is flabby and is not pumping correctly so fluid backs up into the lungs and a stated is called CHF, congestive heart failure. Pleurisy on the other hand is an infection in the pleural space, between the layers and is treated with antibiotics. It causes chest type pain. A course of antibiotics will cure this but it does NOT take months to happen.
2006-11-19 11:14:46 · answer #1 · answered by Tulip 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If your talking about Pleurisy caused by an internal infection, usually left over by a bad cold or the flu. It's in the upper body sac that contains the lungs and is between the diaphragm and the lungs.
Care must be used here because if it gets bad enough it can collapse the lung (s)
Make sure she sees a doctor who will probably give her an anti-biotic shot and pills to take. This is a long term illness, months even. Take care and good luck.
2006-11-19 19:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pulmonary Edema due to Congestive heart Failure.
2006-11-19 19:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by Brewjar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney failure, CHF
2006-11-19 19:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by ღ♥ Cutie RRT ღ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
congestive heart failure
2006-11-19 19:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by porkchophaynes0206 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋