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What Could Cause Problem In Breathing?

my dad has been admitted in ICU for 36 days now, we have managed to sit down with the Dr.s to ask them what wrong with her lungs.At first we took him to the nearest clinic because he has be diagnosed with ulcers and he also with diabetes type ii.He vomited all night and the following day he was very weak, when we got to the clinic his sugar level was very high and his temperature as well, he was taken to the emergency ASAP. When he got there they found out that he has been diagnosed with Pneumonia as well and his lungs has infection as they told us, some fluids in his lungs something like that.Last night that managed to remove him from these tube in his mouth,he started talking to us and he was a bit fine, he was able to breath and talk,even though he got really tired of talking short sentences. This morning when we went back to the hospital he was back again those machines helping to breath, when we asked th nurse he said he failed when it was about to be morning about 3pm and they put him back on the machines again. What could be the main problem doctors can t not see. Last time we spoke to the Doctors thy said they where still treat pulmonary hypertension,and he has been on these machines for too long now,is there something they are missing that we can suggest.On friday they found out that he had low blood and his blood pressure was low as well, this morning i went to check on him he was awake again and really sweating a lot.
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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He could be having septicaemia following a bout of pneumonia. This is very often seen in people who have diabetes as there immunity is low and any infection in any part of the body can becoe generalized leading to infection in the blood. Here patient may require life support system if condition is weak.I suggest let the doctors do their job as its not possible to say what could be wrong with him without seeing him personally and knowing various parameters.
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What Could Cause Problem In Breathing?

He could be having septicaemia following a bout of pneumonia. This is very often seen in people who have diabetes as there immunity is low and any infection in any part of the body can becoe generalized leading to infection in the blood. Here patient may require life support system if condition is weak.I suggest let the doctors do their job as its not possible to say what could be wrong with him without seeing him personally and knowing various parameters.