He had pneumonia. They operated and cleaned the cavity out but it appears to be coming back. Does anyone have experience with this?
2007-05-21 15:16:59 · 2 answers · asked by Texas Cowboy 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Did he have a history of stroke? If so he could have partially paralyzed or weak on one side throat muscles...this leads to swallowing difficulties and the food or liquid he takes in can go into his lungs instead of his stomach. It is called aspiration pneumonia. He would need to have a barium swallowing evaluation to find out if he needs to be on thickened liquids or if he should be eating/drinking by mouth at all. Go to a gastroenterologist to get this checked out if you think this could be the case.
2007-05-21 15:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has he been diagnosed with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, includes emphysema) or other lung conditions? Productive cough, shortness of breath? Usually an underlying undiagnosed condition would cause repetition with this. Good luck. Does he have a pulmonologist?
2007-05-21 23:10:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋