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Don't Know What to Do Next: COVID & Lung Conditions
Lung Health | Last Active: Jun 9, 2021 | Replies (96)Comment receiving replies
Dear merpreb, Merry Mentor, Think I worded that wrong! I meant to say that breathing may be better because the new antibiotic is eradicating the lung infection--E-coli. If that is the case, then aspiration is not the cause of the condition, rather the infection. At this point, the doctor isn't sure, even with the positive Swallow-Study. Thank-you for concern.
P.S. Will talk to Speech Pathologist soon to get her valued opinion. The big question i have for her is whether there is a 100% definitive test for lung aspiration, since the Swallow-Study is obviously not! Thanks again.
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@thomason- There are several types of aspirations. As I mentioned in a previous post-E-Coli lung infections are picked up from hospitals and other places, or even for UTI's.
E Coli infections in the lungs are also associated with pneumonia. Was there any finding of that at all? I'm sure that the infection also wreaked havoc on your lungs with tons of inflammation.
My mom worked with a Speech Pathologist for the same problem of aspriation. It worked very well.