Fluid in the lungs?
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:58 pm
I have noticed over the past few months that on the rare occasion, it feels as though I have fluid in my lung(s). Once I noticed it during a time when I had a sore throat, and I thought I was going to get bronchitis, but it never materialized. Since then, maybe every few weeks, I would noticed when I took a deep breath, that it felt as though my chest "gurgled" a bit. But if I tried to breathe deeply, I couldn't make it happen again. It's done this off and on, very sporadically. Tonight, it happened again (after a few weeks of nothing happening). When I took a breath to talk, I started coughing because there WAS something in my chest. Again, after that first two second cough, I couldn't recreate it. That was the first time that it actually made me cough. My heart has also been pumping harder the past few weeks But I do know I have mitro-valve prolapse, which sometimes seems to be active more than other times.
I tried to research MS with fluid in the lungs, but haven't really been able to find anyone asking questions about it. Maybe it's not an MS issue? But I thought at least I'd ask here to see if anyone else has had experiences like mine. (I had a thoracotomy in 1998 so I do have some history with my lungs)
I feel bad going to my doctor asking about this chest issue if I cannot recreate it for him.
I tried to research MS with fluid in the lungs, but haven't really been able to find anyone asking questions about it. Maybe it's not an MS issue? But I thought at least I'd ask here to see if anyone else has had experiences like mine. (I had a thoracotomy in 1998 so I do have some history with my lungs)
I feel bad going to my doctor asking about this chest issue if I cannot recreate it for him.