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How lung can one fully recover from fluid extracted from lung due to pneumonia.?
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Yes it can recover : A lot depends on the cause of the fluid removed but in general one could recover back to normal but a lot of factors are involved.
Answered 1/18/2019
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Yes: Recovery is the natural history of this need cxr to show recovery.
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