What causes discomfort while breathing at night?
Patient: Had recent blood clots in the lower lungs and pneumonia from having a knee scope done 5 days earlier. In the hospital 6 days and now on coumadin. My question is I have this rubbing feeling on the inside of my right lung (I did have more clots on the right side) sometimes when I breath. The dull rubbing like pain occurs mostly when I lay down at night. Enough to wake me. When I went to the ER I was in terrible pain mainly in my back and could not lay down because of the pain and couldn t breath. I want to know what the rubbing feeling is from. Doctor: Hello, The rubbing feeling while lying down at night is due to spasm of bronchi from residual pneumonia effect. In our clinic, we recommend semi-reclining position, bronchodilator medicines, precise antibiotic, and an analgesic which does not aggravate the bronchi spasm. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.Regards, Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel