Question 1

does increased markings in my lungs mean i have cancer?

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Probably not: Usually increased markings in the lungs are signs of a benign inflammatory or infectious process. If you are a smoker and concerned a chest ct scan would help.

Question 2

what does thickening of interstitial lung markings mean?

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On a CT usually: This refers to a finding seen on x-rays, more specifically ct scans of the chest. It can be seen on plain chest x-rays, but is less reliable. It refers to a more prominent appearance of the normally very slight, nearly invisible linear markings near the periphery of your lungs. It can be caused by many things.  "fibrosis" or scarring is the most concerning, but by no means the only cause.

Question 3

what does coarse lung marking means? the lung fields are clear.

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Coarse markings: is simply a technical radiologic term. It needs to be corelated with your clinical symptoms. Hope this helps.

Question 4

what does diffuse coarsened interstitial markings throughout both lungs w/bilateral hilar prominence and perihilar infiltrates mean. ?

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: That you have a lung condition which has to be corelated with your symptoms for proper diagnosis

Question 5

why are my lungs hurting?

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Pleurisy or muscle: Lungs actually have few nerve endings within the lung tissue itself.  Most of the nerves are on the outer surface so pain is  usually related to inflammation of the lining of the lung (known as pleurisy) or muscular.

Question 6

what is lungs opacificification?

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Descriptive term: This is a term used to describe the lung fields on an x-ray that show little change in degree of density between normally dense areas like heart and bones and the lungs.Dense areas like bone show up white, if the lung areas that are supposed to be filled with air show up white instead of dark, it implys that the lung tissue is filled with dense material like water making it opaque., .

Question 7

lungs have holes is it nescery for opertion?

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????: Do you mean holes, like in collapsed lung or pneumothorax?  If so, that usually needs a chest tube, or if recurrent a surgery to create more scr tissue in the lungs

Question 8

what is bullae in lungs?

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Enlarged air sacs: Bullae occur when the normal air sacs of the lungs collapse into themselves causing larger and larger air spaces.

Question 9

what is lung dies?

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You die too: If your lungs necrose, or die, you will also die without a transplant.

Question 10

what is a stiff lung?

Accepted Answer

Inflation problem: This usually means there is a problem with the lungs expanding properly. There is some sort of restriction to keep the lungs from inflating.

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