Crohn's Disease
"After an infrequent 5yearly flareup of crohn&#039;s I was given infliximab intraven. for several weeks. Apparently unconnected I experienced increasing short breath which got worse and was put down to possible heart probs. Investigations were extrememely slow and I just got worse. Following almost collapse it the street I was taken to hosp and my blood oxygen levels were at 75 which is I believe extremely low and my heart was on point of collapse. Following days of being on oxygen and then a lung &#039;washout&#039; under general anaesthetic and more oxygen in the intensive care dept I made a rapid recovery. Apparently I was lucky??  I was eventually told I had suffered &#039;acute lung damage&#039; ie the cells that absorb oxygen. most likely from the infliximab."