A pulmonary edema describes a condition where water from the blood vessels enters conjunctive tissue and the alveolus, sometimes causing severe respiratory difficulties. A pulmonary edema requires medical treatment.
A pulmonary edema describes a condition where water from the blood vessels enters the lung, severely impairing the gas exchange in the lungs. Most common causes for pulmonary oedema are a heart condition (cardiac insufficiency, heart attack, heart inflammation, arrhythmia, malfunctions of the valves). However, other conditions might lead to pulmonary oedemas as well, such as protein deficiency caused by liver- or kidney diseases, allergies or poisons, descending too fast from great heights (opposite of decompression sickness).
There are several stages of pulmonary oedema. In stage 1, water is only in the conjunctive tissue between the alveolus. Patients experience respiratory difficulties, coughing and rapid breathing. Stages 2 to 4 flow smoothly into each other. In stage 2, water also enters the alveolus, contact with breathing air causes foam that spreads further into the lung (stage 3), up to stage 4, where the main part of the lung is full of foam, causing acute suffocation symptoms. The conditions occurring in stage 1 will increase up to massive breathlessness, foamy cough, fear of suffocation, paleness, bluish discoloration of the skin, especially the lips.
A pulmonary oedema can develop very fast from stage 1 to stage 4 and should be treated immediately. The patient should sit down and let the legs hang down. The patient should be calmed until the doctor arrives. He will initially provide oxygen via nasal probe or mask. In some very severe cases, machine ventilation might be necessary immediately. The treatment of a pulmonary oedema depends on its causes. Medications can be injected, swallowed or inhaled. In-patient treatment is definitely necessary.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
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