Philippines
A 16-year-old female asked:
what is hazy and fibrotics in upper right lung?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Linda Hamidjaja answered
Specializes in Internal Medicine
Infection: It is possible sign of infection of the lung, and one of the possibility is tuberculosis which is a concern based on the country you're from (the Philippines)
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Dr. Michael Sanders answered
Pulmonology 16 years experience
See below: That isn't enough information to answer your question. It would be really helpful to have the entire report of the chest xray or CT scan. It would be even more helpful to actually be able to see the images.
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El Dorado, AR
A 41-year-old female asked:
Crackling feeling in right chest. Lung?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Yash Khanna answered
Family Medicine 57 years experience
Needs to be checked: Crackling feeling in right chest may be due to bronchitis or pnumonia, or some thing in chest wall as you also have chest pain and you are using inhalers, probably for asthma
actually you do need a thorough examination to find out what is causing the crackling feeling, so get it checked by your doctor.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Please explain what does ill defined opacities in lung means?
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Dr. Barry Sheppard answered
Thoracic Surgery 34 years experience
Shadowy shadows: It means that the radiologist sees some hazy areas on an xray that have indistinct edges or borders.
It is very nonspecific.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Can my ribs or lungs be damaged?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. William Galli answered
Pulmonary Critical Care 27 years experience
Yes: You can damage ribs with any trauma. Hence rib fractures. Lungs can be damaged many ways from trauma to smoking and inhalation of particles. Need to protect your lungs as much as possible. Other causes can include infectious one that will damage your lungs.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
Small lung linear density in my left lung which result to 14 mm ppdswelling how high is the risk?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Victor Bonuel answered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
If ur immune: System is strong and u don't have risk factors such as hiv, diabetes, autoimmune condition etc. I won't worry much about it.Follow ur dr's advice. God bless u! http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/mobileart.asp?articlekey=26083. http://www.doctoroz.com/slideshow/boost-your-immunity-naturally.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Can you tell me how chest circumfrence relate to lungs functional test?
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Dr. Numaan Malik answered
Pulmonary Critical Care 18 years experience
Lung Function Tests: Normal value for pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are determined by age, gender, height, weight and ethnicity. There is no specific correction for chest circumference. If the chest circumference if affected by a disease (such as pectus excavatum - sunken chest), there would a restrictive pattern on PFTs with reduced vital capacity and total lung capacity.
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