Problems with just one lung...

[Hawkboy71]

Hello!

Just a quick question... Is it possible to have a asthmatic reaction to an allergy in just one lung?

Thanks!

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador]

Hi

Erm... not sure 🤔. I know I can present with wheezing in one lung and often have 1 lung worse than the other. Sometimes I feel it more in one side, but then I’m told it’s both. Sometimes I get told it’s just 1 lobe on 1 side (usually when I’m feeling well with little/no symptoms) so 🤷‍♀️

I think usually it’ll be both sides (especially when severe) however if it’s a very mild attack maybe it could just be one side that’s symptomatic, but that would be unusual if caused by an allergen (which would have presumably gone into both lungs 🤨). Who knows?!

I feel like I’ve just come full circle and not gone anywhere...😂😅

[Hawkboy71 in reply to EmmaF91]

That makes sense that if dander say from a dog goes in both lungs it would cause a reaction in both. I've had a problem in my right lung for over a month (No real answers from the CT scans other than some fluid in my lung like a Pleurisy). Anyhow I've had it for over a month. Got a dog last week and a few days ago just been having the right lung flare up a bit more. But everything on the other side is fine... Just trying to make sure it's not my beautiful new doggie.

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador in reply to Hawkboy71]

Hi

That doesn’t sound like asthma tbh. Asthma is usually bilateral, and the only time we really get fluid is from infections like pneumonia. 😕

Hopefully the dog isn’t making things worse (I’m happy to dog sit if you need me to tho 😉)

Good luck finding the cause of it all!

[Wheezycat]

Could it not be that you have/have had an infection in one lung and thus your lung tissue there has become much more sensitive than the other?