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Bibasilar subsegmental atelectasis (lung collapse)

Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 19 7:38pm | Replies (26)

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@helena4000

So I have been in the hospital since Sunday morning. I went to emergency because I had three rapid breathing attacks in one night. They have done an ekg, chest x-rays, cardiac MRI, respiratory panel, pulmonary function tests. Yesterday the cardiologist put in an order for a pulmonary person to come talk to me (after over a month of me saying I can't breathe well someone finally said I should talk to pulmonary for breathing problems!), and respiratory started doing breathing treatments of Albuterol which seemed to help me a lot in the short term. Unfortunately, they don't last but I feel better after they do them. The cardiac MRI found pleural effusion, and said pleurisy may be causing sharp right-sided chest pain....the pulmonary function test made it pretty evident that intense breathing is causing sharp pain that goes through to my back. I don't have any definitive answers yet and have broke down crying in front of the doctors on a couple occasions.

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@helena4000- awww, I can really understand your frustration and relief that someone is finally listening to you. I once broke down too and in tears asked why that certain doctor wouldn't listen to me. But we shouldn't have to get to that point.
I've also had pleurisy and it is very very painful. Keep on those doctors to get answers! Perhaps when you are discharged you can be given an RX for a nebulizer, if you still need one.
Heart problems often cause breathing problems. We are connected inside much more than we realize. Both are pretty much dependent on one another.
Do you have any idea what the next step will be? Are you still in pain?