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21st July 2022
01:37pm BST

Jago's condition worsened on their way to the hospital. He started to drift in and out of consciousness. "He was rushed through to have CT scans and X-Rays and to our absolute horror, we were told that he had water in his lungs and was minutes away from pneumonia." Doctors then diagnosed Charlie's son with secondary drowning. The dad said it was the most intense and terrifying thing he has experienced. "The scariest thing of all is that had we not taken him to the hospital when we did, the outcome could have been very different." Charlie urged parents to be aware of secondary drowning because it can happen so easily. "After doing a lot of research, secondary drowning is seemingly quite rare but even so, not talked about. "It takes less than half a glass of inhaled water to drown. Symptoms can start as long as 72 hours after the event which can make them hard to diagnose. These include vomiting, fever, laboured breathing, and lethargy." According to Healthline, secondary drowning is caused by water that accumulates in the lungs. "It’s more similar to what we think of as “real” drowning because it involves your lungs filling up with water. "The water then causes breathing difficulties. Both dry drowning and secondary drowning are serious health conditions that can be fatal.""It takes less than half a glass of inhaled water to drown."
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