With heart failure, severe pneumonia, can you give nutritional milk?

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Hello doctor,
The doctor told me that my mother was diagnosed with heart failure, severe pneumonia; Hypertension is a maternal disease. When he was hospitalized in the district for a few days, his health was fine. The family found it lying for a long time, so they worriedly moved to the province. Just moved to the province in the morning, in the afternoon, her mother showed signs of purple limbs, then shouted to return. At that time, my mother was using an oxygen mask, but the doctor changed to using an endovascular tube for a while. Although her mother was still breathing and struggling to scream, when the endotracheal tube was placed in her throat, she was shocked to breathe. Then one day my mother passed away. When my mother died, I asked why, the doctor said that no matter where my mother went, it was the same, but at the district hospital, I saw that the doctors took good care of her. The drug is slowly infused, and the patient is questioned. As for the provincial hospital, the drug was rushed without asking anything. Also chasing family members who do not let them stay next to them often. I worriedly asked if there was no one around, what if there was a problem. They said there was a monitor inside, but when my mother died, they didn't know when. I kept thinking why my mother was like this. When I just transferred to the provincial hospital, they told me that my mother was not strong enough, so she couldn't feed her milk, but her mother did not have milk, and when she drank it, she had diarrhea. They said try. Then that day, only giving milk without passing other food, my mother showed signs of purple in the afternoon. When I was at the district hospital, I let my mother eat nutritious porridge, drink oranges, drink bird's nest juice... Because the doctor told me to eat anything, eat as much as possible. At that time, my mother's health was fine, but when they passed the milk, there were bad signs. Is it because they don't feed and drink only healthy milk, but they pump a lot of medicine and use an endotracheal tube, so they can't stand it because they can't stand it? Thank you doctor.
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Hello,
To the question "Can you give nutritional milk to your family if you have heart failure, severe pneumonia?", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Sincere condolences to the family friend.
Your situation is quite complicated, it is necessary to consult with medical directly, you can go to the hospital where your mother was located to ask for a clear explanation of the disease's progress and cause of death. However, the doctor also sent you some information from your own point of view, through the information you provided, hoping to be able to partly solve the problem in your heart:
The period your mother was taken to the hospital Provincial hospital had severe acute respiratory failure. Because acute respiratory distress syndrome can occur very suddenly (whether previously completely normal or stable), it may be due to: sudden onset of severe disease (due to strenuous exercise such as sitting: sitting) getting up, walking, going to the toilet...although for normal people these movements are very normal, but for people with diseases, sometimes these movements will trigger a very severe shortness of breath; move on a long trip, fatigue, sudden environmental change,...) or because of the old disease, another serious medical problem appears in combination. For example, a patient has pneumonia but suddenly has a combined myocardial infarction.... Technically, when a patient has respiratory failure, it is necessary to ensure the supply of oxygen immediately. There are many methods to provide oxygen from as simple as canyl oxygen, to as complex as intubation and mechanical ventilation. Depending on the patient's condition, the doctor will choose the appropriate method. In the case of your mother, when there is cyanosis and a lot of excitement, she may have severe respiratory failure, so she needs to be intubated and mechanically ventilated immediately, otherwise the patient's life at that time will be lost. threatened. Severe cases, on ventilators often require hospitalization in the intensive care unit. Therefore, the fact that family members are not allowed to stay in these areas is a general rule to avoid infecting patients and to facilitate medical staff's observation and care. Regarding the use of nutritional milk, according to your description, if milk is transmitted directly into the blood, according to the doctor, it is a form of nutritional fluid, helping to comprehensively nourish patients in the care units. positive. Hope this information can help you. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
Best regards!

Answered by Master, Doctor Le Thi Thanh Huong - Emergency Medicine Doctor - Emergency Resuscitation Department - Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital.