talc treatment?

[MIA-RN1, RN]

Somebody please help me figure out what my mother is talking about.

Her MIL had something she called a 'talc treatment'. The woman has had fluid drained 'off her lungs" (I am sure she means around her lungs) and they did a 'talc treatment'. I have NO CLUE what my mother is talking about. I'm not looking for advice, just trying to figure out what it means. I must have missed it in school.

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

See if this helps:

http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/pleural.html

[MIA-RN1, RN]

ah okay thank you!

[nuangel1, BSN, RN]

thats a good reference and explanation.i worked on a cardithoracic unit .i saw it done often though for pleural effusions not necessarily cancererous

[JentheRN05, RN]

that was very interesting. Never heard of that thank you for sharing