Posted by Vanessa Chong on October 15, 2000 at 23:36:26:

I have a question that I would like answered by a lung doctor of some sort or a medical professor.My aunt underwent surgery last week on a Carribean Island. She had fluid around her lungs so they removed it.(thoracenthesis) However, after the surgeryshe had fluid under her skin from the waist up . She was actually three times her size, to the point wher she was unrecognizable. What is the cause of this? And is there another way to get this?