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What Causes Fluid In Lungs?
My sister in law has fluid drained from her lng(s) every four hours by inserting a tube through her nose. The fluid has recently changed color from nearly clear to almost black. Her doctors don t seem concerned. Should I and her family be concerned?
Mon, 21 Jul 2014
Hello
Either I am wrong or you mentioned wrong thing in your query .
A tube passed through nose in LUNGS ( lung ) and after every 4 hour they drain black color fluid from lungs ??
A chest tube placement require in pneumothorax patient .
Usually fluid drained from pleura of patient ( simulate as tube in lungs ) .
As far as known to me through nose tube is inserted in stomach and fluid drained from stomach .
So please upload all reports or confirm it ( tube ) whether it is in lungs or in stomach.
Hope this will help you.
Either I am wrong or you mentioned wrong thing in your query .
A tube passed through nose in LUNGS ( lung ) and after every 4 hour they drain black color fluid from lungs ??
A chest tube placement require in pneumothorax patient .
Usually fluid drained from pleura of patient ( simulate as tube in lungs ) .
As far as known to me through nose tube is inserted in stomach and fluid drained from stomach .
So please upload all reports or confirm it ( tube ) whether it is in lungs or in stomach.
Hope this will help you.
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