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How do doctors typically check your lungs?
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Examination: We listen, feel and sometimes look. We use the stethoscope to listen to the breath sounds. Sometimes we assess the lungs by thumping on the chest and/or feel the quality of the vibrations transmitted. The other technique is to look by way of a chest x-ray.
Answered 1/31/2021
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Exam or imaging: Either by listening to your lungs with a stethoscope or by imaging your lungs with chext x-ray or ct (computerized tomography) scans.
Answered 1/13/2016
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