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How do I find a doctor familiar with severe chlorine exposure
About 2 months ago, I was exposed to severe chlorine inhalation from a swimming pool. When tested, the pool chlorine level was 30. Should have been between 1-4. I was exposed for hours over several days.
Ultimately, I developed pneumonia and was hospitalized for 8 days.
I do have a history of childhood asthma, which hasn’t bothered me in years. I now am experiencing trouble breathing whenever I move.
My problem is that I cannot find a doctor familiar with severe chlorine exposure. The pulmonologistsI have found seem to have no idea how to treat this. I am in the Tampa area. I can travel.
Can anyone suggest a doctor? Has anyone had a similar experience?
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Maybe the chlorine scarred your lungs, have you had a chest CT?
I did, and the doctors see something but they are baffled because none of them have any experience with chemical inhalation. Can’t find a doctor with experience in this area.
I think that you should maybe get referred to a lung specialist to run some tests to see how everything looks, they can further follow up with a respiratory specialist. There are experts in this field that deal with lung exposure to chemicals because it happens quite often in our world, I hope that helps you to start out with getting some well needed medical advice, best wishes to you.
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3 Reactions@lynn611 I'm thinking you need an environmental medicine specialist to evaluate you, and these can be hard to find, so you may have to travel for care. You could start by contacting a large regional medical center or a university medical school teaching hospital.
Another resource for finding a specialist might be your state poison control center.
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3 ReactionsIt would be prudent to go to one of the Centers of Excellence for Interstitial Lung Disease. Chemical pneumonitis deserves attention and expert care. So sorry you are dealing with this! That must have been such an overwhelming environment.
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2 ReactionsThere is a Dr Josh Redd he is holistic maybe he can help he has Red river Heath. A few places in the west like Utah
My relative had used bleach undiluted in a man's home to clean and got pleurisy
That's the inflamation of the lung
She had to use an inhaler and it made her lungs burn so finally she was depressed and worrying. Her dr out her on anti anxiety medicine and she thought he put her on lung medicines. She had a time getting off them
She moved away and I'm nit sure how she is but she didn't take the approach to help new ber lungs early.
I would say have a cat scan maybe or x rays. Probabky the scan
There are herbs that help heal lungs. I have asthma. An herbalist out me in some years back and I stopped using the inhaler
Mullein is a good one. There is a product called clear lungs made by ridgecrest herbals
Another product is called lung bronchial, and sinus health made by natural factors. It has herbs in it and it also
has N-acetylcysteine they call that NAC
It is very good to help lung tissue.
Citrus bioflavonoids alsi help to heal. I would think a holistic Dr is better at healing. Possibly steroids to take the inflamation down but medication won't he's long term. It's good sometimes for short term but holistic Dictirs drive at healing rather than just med long term
I hope I helped some. Praying you find the dr that can help 🙏🏻🩷
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