Why has having surgery affected my lungs? What's wrong? What should I do? Pain/tickle taking deep breaths. Coughing and a little wheezing?

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2016-06-01 6:12 pm

I had my tonsils out 8 days ago. Almost immediately after surgery after I got home I noticed my lungs kinda ached if I tried to breathe all the way in.

I'm 400 pounds, so I figured I just needed to exercise my lungs a little and it was because of the general anesthesia. So I did deep breathing and coughing exercising trying to expand my lungs.

8 days later and it's still here. More of a tickle down that makes me cough when I breathe in. Sometimes it's like there's a tiny bit of fluid/wheezing in there but I can cough and clear it and then there's nothing.

No phlegm or productive cough. No fever. I'm recovering well otherwise.

any ideas?

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Jimmy C

2016-06-01 6:15 pm

That is because when you are under anaesthetic they stick a tube down your throat to make sure you can breathe properly all the time. That tickle and discomfort is where the tube irritated the bronchial tubes. It passes in a couple of days.

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