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My mother is suffering from breathing and cough issue. Showed to doctor, he had done chest x Ray and told that water has filled in right lung. Earlier done MRI and report there was infection in lungs. Suggested to consult pulmonologist . Kindly suggest what to do.
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Admit your mother in hospital. Pleural tapping should be done.
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