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Question

How is it possible for a person to get water in both or one lungs? Does anybody know?

i know the best thing would be to go to the doctor..but it's for my grandma. my family really doesn't have money to take her into a good doctor. She lives in Mexico. Doctor's told her that smoke might have been the cause of this illness. We really don't know if this is true. Is there any treatment for this? She is anemic and she has pneumonia. my grandma is 90 years old. we are scared she might not resist a harsh treatment.

Answer 1

since your body is made up of mostly water ... I would think an infection/disease wouldn't allow your lungs to clear ... less air more fluid ... but that's just my simple logic

Answer 2

With a normally functioning lung, you can get water into it by accidentally inhaling when drinking, but it isn't easy to do and it doesn't stay long, because the water causes violent coughing until the water clears. The cough response does not work properly with Smokers, people with tuberculosis, or someone who is taking large doses of depressants or narcotics.

The lungs continually secrete mucus to catch germs and air impurities, and the mucus is transported out of the lungs by fine hairs. When a lung is damaged by tuberculosis or lung cancer, or when a person has pneumonia, fluid can build up from secretions. A person can also have fluid build up between the lung and the inside of the chest cavity.