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My mother is 56 years old. She took Ct scan, ech the result showed pericardial effusion. Doctors told there is thick fluid around her heart. We will take samples of fluid and find out the cause. He told it's lifd threating. What is the procedure to remove fluid around heart? He also told we can't remove fluid fully as it may lead to complications.

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Hi, I am 36weeks pregnant. In the recent scan my baby was diagnosed with minimal pericardial effusion I am very worried about this. Is it dangerous for the baby kindly let me know

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I have been diagnosed with pericardial effusion....I got it removed twice... DURING 2ND REMOVAL I HAVE been GIVEN STEROIDS DOSAGE N STOPPED AFTER ONE MONTH.....NOW THE EFFUSION IS AGAIN RECURRING...I have been taking TB medications FOR the past 4 MONTHS.... Pls help with permanent solution... RAJESH

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Will need to find the cause of effusion and treat it. Pericardial window surgery can be considered to prevent recurrent accumulation. ...  Read More

My PRETERM baby suffered from pericardial effusion in the NICU.. Now he is 4 months old and doing well gaining weight appropriately.. will this episode of PCE post any long term effects on my baby..?

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I'm having symptoms like racing heart,mild chest pain,sometimes difficulty in breathing..In July also echo had shown the same thing I.e, Pericardial Effusion. Are Tachycardia and Pericardial Effusion related? Please tell me what to do for the issue mentioned in report... Kindly help

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It looks like you have recurrent pericarditis. You need evaluation and treatment ...  Read More

Sir My father having age of 50 yrs was having from last ten days. On last saturday 18/2/17 he fell down and get unconscious and bp goes down to 93/63 and he has having a temp of 102°F. Then i take him to our regular doctor and he give some parecitamol and medicine and same think happen on last sunday 19/2/17 so we immediately take him to the n

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I've had pericardial effusion, fluid has been taken out and medication for tuberculosis has been started since one month. I am observing some side effects, my face is swollen and acne all over. I am also feeling stiffness in my joints.

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These are side effects of AKT medicines. Tell your doctor he will change you to third generation drugs. ...  Read More

My mother is 65yr old and was diagnosed with pericardial effusion so they removed the fluid (around 800ml), and took several reports but said that they're not sure of the cause. CT scan report is attached and fluid sample report is also attached. Her ADA has also come positive i.e. 55.7 Please suggest me what should we do next as this has upset her

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Most common cause can be tuberculosis Discuss with treating physician ...  Read More

Hi, I am 36weeks pregnant. In my recent scan my baby was diagnosed with minimal pericardial effusion and echogenic intracardiac focus. Is it dangerous for the baby. Kindly let me know

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Get a level two scan or foetal echo done ...  Read More

I underwent a heart surgery to close the hole in the heart. It's been 6 weeks. At 4th week i felt normal and energetic so that I cn do normal activities and went for walks. From past 2 days i have been feeling extremely tired and sleepy all the time. My BP is normal. I m unable to do normal Activities and cnt get up from bed and feels like sleepi

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Pericardial effusion will vanish with time. Take Tab Ecosprin 350 twice daily for 5 days ...  Read More

Is pet scan needed for this ?STUDY PROCEDURE:- In suspended respiration, volumetric acquisition of CT thorax & abdomen was taken with and without non-ionic iodinated IV contrast agent followed by multiplanar axial, coronal and sagittal reconstructions. OBSERVATION • A well defined hypodense non enhancing lesion of si

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Hello. Could you please opine on the attached report. Does this warrant any treatment? My mother got this done as a part of full body check up. She takes medicine for BP and cholesterol and has no symptoms as of now

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Hello Doctor My husband had pleural effusion in right lung...done with all the test of TB but few tests are in favour and few are against tb...What is the cause of pleural effusion?? Doctor started ATT...my husband is having severe weakness...Is it a side effect of ATT? Please help

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Hello doctor, My mother had undergone a breast removal post diagnosis of breast cancer in 2017 . She was given a Herclon / herceptin with 13 doses in year 2018. She is taking eltroxin 125 mg and has asthma. Recently in her yearly checks she was diagnosed with a condition -" Traces of Pericardial effusion noted" iner echo reports( report attached) H

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Pericardial effusion can be reactionary or accidental finding. It is a subjective finding and sometimes pericardial fat also is confused with pericardial effusion. Trace amount of pericardial effusion ...  Read More

Hi doctor I m 29 weeks pregnant.. yesterday in Doppler scan daignosed with ~ Fetal cardia shows minimal fluid in the pericardial cavity is 2.5 mms... What is the normal range of fluid.. is 2.5mms is exces?? Please help me in knowing is this life threatening to my unborn baby?? Wil it harm to fetus??

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My mom is 56 years old. In CT scan it showed there is fluid in lungs and around the heart. Doctor told the fluid is thick and it cannot be removed by syringe. He told she requires surgery. Is it risky? Is it life threatening? Doctor told we will take fluid sample and can find the cause. We are much concerned. What is the name of surgery

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I have been detected with left pleural effusion with pleural cavity of 34mm depth Kindly suggest what can be the cause I have got the fluid removed

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Go for therapeutic pleural tap. Continue ATT ...  Read More

I workout daily and 1 year ago i got a condition called quadriceps effusion, it doesn't cause pain though. On visiting a physiotherapist she said not to worry and i just need to put mass around the area, Even after one year the result is same

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Chiropractic adjustment will help. Contrast Fomentation (Hot and Cold). ...  Read More

My mom has water effusion in the knee and causes lot of pain and swelling. Can you please suggest what to do

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It's sign of early arthritis ...  Read More

Had cough for 2 months . was later diagnosed with pleural effusion in an xray test. Doctor confirmed its due to tuberculosis. I had tb in 2008 also and have been again asked to take akt4 kit. doctor said that as tb is cured the fluid in the lungs will dry up automatically . Just wanted a second opinion on that from honorable doctors here.

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Please If fluid is more, we have to drain it If it is less, it can be dried by proper antituberculous drugs and some other medicines Better you send me all reports on practo ...  Read More

My brother has been diagnose by pleural effusion and doc has asked for surgery ... can anyone tell me is surgery must can't it be treated by medicines and what does it causes is it life threatening will it be cause of TB PLS REPLY I have attach reports

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Please Surgery? Tapping is required Pleural fluid is sent for histopathological examination Treatment is given accordingly Tuberculosis is common cause for pleural effusion ...  Read More

Would PERICARDIAL EFFUSION TUBERCULOSIS fall under your area of expertise? I have been suffering due by coughing for more than 8-9 months. Earlier i did not think that this problem could be such a big. I did visited couple of doctors, who could not detect anything from my chest x-ray. However, i visited one specialist in Ahmedabad and i came to kno

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I can manage this problem but sorry that I stay at Nagpur.. secondly I would like to review your pericardial fluid reports to confirm if it's really tb.. what are the other investigations and what med ...  Read More

Pericardial Fluid was gettting collected over the heart. Doctors said that it may be for TB. How can we know for sure? He took the TB medication for an year, what are the chances that the problem can occur again?

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Hi. I understand your concerns. there is no definate way to determine the same. Aspiration of fluid and biopsy can be done. TB can recur at any place and any time when ever immunity is low. So it woul ...  Read More

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