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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Is Oxygen Level Affected Due To Weaning Off Steroids?

I have a question about my mom. It started off with a biopsy of her lungs which this Dr. went into her lungs through her back. He then put a tube in her lung ,and told the nurses to take her to ICU they took her to a regular room and there the tube fell out of her lung causes them to do cpr on her for hours. well we made it through that and they told her when the results came back she had IDIOPATHIC PULMINARY PYBROSIS. THEN SHE GOT INCEPHALITIS IN HER BRAIN, tTHE DR, AT kEESLER AIR FORCE BASE GOT THE RESULTS ON HER BIOPSY AND TOLD HER SHE HAD A YEAR AND A HALF TO LIVE, WELL SHE HAS BEEN IN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT 14 MONTHS, THE DR. AT KEESLER SAID HE WAS GONNA DO A BIOPSY WITH HIGH RISKS THAT THE TUBE HE IS GONA PUT DOWN HER THROUGHT MIGHT HAVE TO STAY. HE DID THE PROCEDURE AND FOUND OUT SHE HAD VASCULITIS. WAS PUT ON STEROIDS AND SEVERAL ANTIBIOTICS. THEY STARTED ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO TRYING TO WEEN HER OFF OF THE STEROIDS. TONIGHT SHE COULDNT BREATH AND MY FATHER TOOK HER BACK TO KEESLER HOSPITAL. HER OXYGEN LEVELS WERE 79 AT THE OXYGEN ON 4 BUT IT DIDNT HELP. SO THEY PUT IT ON 9 AND HER LEVELS WHEN UP TO 100% THEN HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME HER OXYGEN HAD TO BE PUT UP TO 15 AND THEY WERE PUTTING HER IN ICU. DO U THINK THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO WEEN HER OFF OF HER STEROIDS? WORRIED AND SCARED
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
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Hello,

Sorry for the continued medical problems your mother is facing. Steroid is the major treatment after continued inflammatory disorder with unknown cause. Steroids cannot be taken for a longer time as it suppresses the immune system leading on to infections and other systemic disorders. I strongly doubt weaning through steroids could have led to the present position, rather a progression of the disease could have caused it.

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Is Oxygen Level Affected Due To Weaning Off Steroids?

Hello, Sorry for the continued medical problems your mother is facing. Steroid is the major treatment after continued inflammatory disorder with unknown cause. Steroids cannot be taken for a longer time as it suppresses the immune system leading on to infections and other systemic disorders. I strongly doubt weaning through steroids could have led to the present position, rather a progression of the disease could have caused it. Hope i have answered your query