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A 22-year old female asked:

Im suffering with cough n from my pleural fluid analysis total proteins : 5.60gms% ada levels: 92 units/l cell type :l70%, h 30% what dose it mean

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A 36-year old asked:

Why do high protein diets increase the fluid needs of the body?

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A 17-year old female asked about a male:

What does it mean if there is protein in my spinal fluid?

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A 29-year old male asked:

What would cause the protein to be a little high in spinal fluid?

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A 22-year old female asked:

Vaginal discharge, its stringy and slimy, clearish with brownish bits, slight odour . (dip stick showed - pH 8, proteins 30, ketones 10, sg 1.020) i pushed fluids and then retook it, nad except pH 8?

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A 17-year old female asked:

What does this mean:cerebral spinal fluid analysis: glucose 3.3 mmol/l, chlorides 92.3 mmol/l, protein 0.66 g/l, cytosis 208 (10^6)/l lymphocytes90%?

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A 23-year old female asked:

17mth old male , cp, bpd, x 26 weeker , cvi , 2 grade 4 bilateral bleeds , pvl, ftt, protein intolerance. 16lbs30 inches. Safe minimum fluid intake/day?

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A 30-year old female asked:

Does a finding of subacute blood or high protein fluid collection on a mri of the brain indicate a mass?

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A 35-year old male asked:

Mean fluid intake 2.5L,mean urinary output 700ml.Creatinine,BUN,uroanalysis,proteins all normal.No hot days,no much sweating.What could cause low out?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old female asked about a female:

Can you have ibd without diarea all my 7 year old has is brown smelly urine. Even with forcing fluids. Mcv MCH mpv carbon m low protein CRP ESR high.

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A 32-year old female asked:

What can cause upper stomach to swell twice it's size, round and hard like a basketball? Not preg., CT scan showed no free fluid/air, enlarged ovary 4 x 4.5 - urinalysis w/ blood, protein and lg leuk

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A member asked:

My dad has been diagnosed for "Encephalitis". Doctors are not clearly able to find root casuse. All tests (EEG, MRI, Blood Test etc) came clear. Lumber punture test revealed high protein in spinal fluid, Hence doctors are speculating case of "Encephalitis

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A 20-year old male asked:

I had yellow fluid dripping from my left nostril 5-6 times in 3 years. I had it tested for 'CSF sugar and protein levels' as recommended by an ENT doctor. Results: CSF-Sugar at 37.5 mg/dL and CSF-Protein at 9660 mg/dL. What could be the cause?

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A 32-year old asked:

Colour of pleural effusion fluid if you have pneumonia?

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A 37-year old asked:

Once the fluid from a pleural effusion is mostly removed, will the rest go away by itself?

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A 19-year old female asked:

Why are my right and left lobe fluids, which means pleural effusion, back after I just recovered from 6 months ago?

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A 31-year old female asked:

What is pleural scarring less likely minimal pleural fluid? I dont have any kind of symptoms from past 4mos. What would be pleural fluid symptoms?

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A 34-year old asked:

Would fluid restriction be good for pleural effusion?

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A 51-year old female asked:

What is the color of malignant pleural effusion fluid?

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A 49-year old asked:

Is fluid restriction helpful for pt has pleural effusion?

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A 66-year old female asked:

I had a pleural effusion. I haven't gotten the full biopsy report back but it said "450cc of clear amber fluid removed" What does the "amber fluid" mean?

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A 31-year old asked:

Can you give me advice.i suffered pleural effusion with sepate fluid, breathing problem even after aspiration.?

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A 33-year old asked:

What to do if I have fluid in the pleural cavity. how would you expect this to affect the process of pulmonary ventilation?

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A 30-year old male asked:

How risky is 5mm dia pleural effusion in left lung in m31 asthma patient n not enuff free fluid for aspiration for lab tests. wt next now? SOB fever

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A 26-year old male asked:

My x-ray results show I have Fibrotic scarring, right upper lobe Minimal fluid versus pleural thickening left costrophrenic sulcus.What is that means?

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A 75-year old female asked:

My mom had open heart surgery in Jan & has recurrent pleural effs. She had a pleurx cath put in 3 weeks ago, but still is producing 600+fluid daily.

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A 34-year old male asked:

Will pleural effusion fluid caused by DVT wear-off naturally when DVT is treated or should the fluid be drained out? Tests done on the sample of the fluid show that the fluid has no infections. The fluid causes discomfort and pain. Please advise.

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 44-year old asked:

Could increased pleural fluid cause pulmonary edema, heart failure, or pneumonia?

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A 62-year old male asked about a 54-year old female:

Pleural effusion detected in xray. Aspiration done. Pleural fluid tested on cytology and myobacterium culture done. All negative-no growth. Pain severe in chest and back. Amylase:47 ada:72 glucose:200?

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A 25-year old female asked:

Swollen nodes in neck & now abdominal wall. CT of abd/pelv normal, CT of chest shows small amount of pleural fluid, otherwise normal. Virus? Worse?

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