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Could Trouble Breathing And Cough In A Toddler Old Be Due To Water In Lungs?

Hi, my 2 year old son fell in a pool for about 7 seconds last sunday. On monday he came down with a fever that lasted through wednesday. The highest temperature was 102.4. We gave him ibuprofen, took him to the pediatrician and she said it was a virus, just wait. On thursday his temperature was gone, he seemed like he was slowly going back to normal, but on saturday he started with a cough and runny nose. Tonight he woke up coughing and it sounded like there was phlegm (or liquid) and he had trouble breathing for a minute while he was coughing. Then he fell back asleep. My concern is: could he have water in his lungs even though the doctor didn t catch that 3 days ago? Is there any checkup I should be doing after he fell in the pool? Thank you
Wed, 3 Dec 2014
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Pediatrician, Pulmonology ,  's  Response
HI...coming to your questions -
1. This could not be the water in the lungs which he aspirated after 3 days - either it would have got abosrbed or it would have go secondarily infected. But secondary infection is unlikely as it would have resulted in high grade fever and sever breathlessness.
2. If I were you pediatrician I would take an X-ray of the chest to see if there is any lurking or developing lung infection.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Could Trouble Breathing And Cough In A Toddler Old Be Due To Water In Lungs?

HI...coming to your questions - 1. This could not be the water in the lungs which he aspirated after 3 days - either it would have got abosrbed or it would have go secondarily infected. But secondary infection is unlikely as it would have resulted in high grade fever and sever breathlessness. 2. If I were you pediatrician I would take an X-ray of the chest to see if there is any lurking or developing lung infection. Regards - Dr. Sumanth