Question 1

what does hardening of the lungs mean, and is there treatment for it?

Accepted Answer

Hardening of the: LUNGS is a colloquial term to describe pulmonary fibrosis--thickening, stiffening and scarring of lung tissue. As lung tissue stiffens, the lungs can't properly  move oxygen into your bloodstream. Currently there is no cure and no medicines proven to slow the progression though steroids and anti-immune therapies have been tried. Oxygen used. Some receive lung transplants. It is super serious.

Question 2

what are the causes and treatment for atelectasis of lungs?

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Open lungs up: Atelectasis of lung means there is no air iin a portion of lung. This occurs if  a branch of the bronchi leading to that part of the lung is blocked by mucous/phlegm or even a foreign body (like an aspirated piece of food for example). Often use of cough, bronchodilators can open bronchi up and clear phlegm or a bronchoscope can be used to suction it out.

Question 3

does chemo treatment desolves polyps in the lungs?

Accepted Answer

No. : No. We do not use chemo to treat polyps. Besides, polyps usually are found in colon, stomach, not in the lung.

Question 4

please tell me the treatment for calcified lung nodules?

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Nothing: Calcified nodeuls are invariably benign.    It's the bodies way of scarring a lung lesion.  You should have someone following you with a few follow up scan to show now changes.

Question 5

what is treatment for coughing up fluid from lungs?

Accepted Answer

Depends.....: First, the etiology of the cough and "fluid" needs to be diagnosed. For example, the fluid could be from congestive heart failure or be inflammatory sputum from acute bronchitis or an asthma exacerbation. All of these etiologies have different treatments so see your doctor so your cough can be diagnosed and then the correct treatment rendered. If you are short of breath, go to the er.

Question 6

what are the symptoms and treatment options for sarcoidosis? also, how does it affect the lungs?

Accepted Answer

Multi organ: Can affect many organs, most common is some effect on lung capacity. Can also effect vision. Mainstay has been steroids but many doctors are turning to some type of immune modulator and some to some of the classic big gun arthritic medications in resistant cases or to be steroid sparing.

Question 7

what is bilateral  hillar  peribronchial thickening and hillar nodes in lungs. do they have any correlation and what is there treatment?

Accepted Answer

The hilar: Area is in the middle of the lungs near the heart. This is saying the large airways in this area have thickening, and the lymph nodes in the region are enlarged. An inflammatory condition could lead to the airway change, and the nodes could be part of the body's response to the inflammation.

Question 8

what is the treatment for a 6 mms lung nodule?

Accepted Answer

: Treatment ? That would depend on what it is from. Such a tiny nodule could be a simple normal lymph node needing nothing or a part of a disease. The treating physician would explore what it is from before deciding what if anything needs to be done. They might just watch it for a while.

Question 9

what to do for multiple lung nodules? is there treatment?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Make the diagnosis, 
could be benign! 
  no treatment needed.
If malignant some are treatable once source is known.
Some kidney lesions with lung lesions have resolved as an example when primary removed.

Question 10

what is the treatment for lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Depnds on stage: It depends on whether the disease is limited to the lung, lund and mediastinum (middle of chest), or has spread outside the chest.  Will also depend on the overall health of the patient as that will guide what type of treatment will be appropriate for a given stage.

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