Question 1

what exactly does it mean if there is fluid in your lungs?

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Depends: It could be infection, back up of fluid from a failing heart or lung inflammation.

Question 2

if you had fluid in your lungs would you feel it when you breath?

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Depends on volume: With large volumes of fluid inside or outside of your lungs you feel short of breath especially when lying flat on your back.

Question 3

why does kidney failure cause you to get fluid in your lungs?

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No urine output: When the kidneys fail, the body loses the ability to excrete urine.  Therefore a person in kidney failure who drinks fluid will not be able to excrete this fluid.  Then this fluid will back up into the lungs.

Question 4

what causes fluid build in lungs?

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Inflammation: Inflammation or reaction to a foreign body like a bacteria such as infectio fluid in the lungs are also some disease states that cause your body to attack its own tissue and i can closterwood in the longs also remember that all these connect organs are connected in some way to each other in the chest so if the heart fails fluking back up into the lungs and vice versa is more competine you realize but it's a good question.

Question 5

what causes fluid behind the lungs?

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A number of things: When fluid accumulates in the spaces around the lungs (pleural spaces), this is called a pleural effusion.  There are a number of causes for pleural effusions.  One cause is heart failure.  When the heart does not work well, its pumping action is decreased and fluid can back up into the lungs and the spaces around the lungs.  Another cause might be inflammation of the lungs (as with pneumonia).

Question 6

how can i remove fluid from my lungs?

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Multiple ways: Excess fluid in the lungs can be removed with water pills known as diuretics.  Lasix (furosemide) is an example.  You could also try decreasing our fluid intake.  Both are effective but should be done under a health care providers care.

Question 7

what causes you to get fluid on your lungs?

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FLUID IN YOUR LUNGS: MANY POSSIBILITIES INCLUDING PNEUMONIA, TB AND OTHER UNUSUAL INFECTIONS, HEART FAILURE, KIDNEY FAILURE, LIVER FAILURE,  AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES SUCH AS LUPUS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS JUST TO NAME A FEW, TRAUMA, CANCER

Question 8

what is best medicine for fluid in the lungs?

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Why is there fluid?: The choice of therapy depends on accurate diagnosis. Plus, some therapies provide short term relief and others change the underlying physiologic processes. For one of the most common causes of fluid in the lungs, congestive heart "failure", medications called diuretics are prescribed. When your doc chooses which diuretic to use, it depends upon many other factors including heart & kidney function.

Question 9

how could excess fluids be removed from human lungs?

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: Typically excess fluid from the lungs is removed by medications called diuretics which make a person urinate a lot and this removes the fluis in the lungs.

Question 10

please help, how much is 1000cc of fluid on the lungs?

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About 4 cups...: 1000 cc of fluid is the same as 1000 ml.  If you convert ml to us cups (like a measuring cup used in the kitchen for cooking), then this volume of fluid is a little more than 4 cups.  It's about the same as a quart of milk one could buy in a supermarket.  

Hope that this helps.

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