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A member asked:
When lungs are hyperinflated, how do they change? i had a thoracic ct and x-ray and the x-ray tech said my lungs were long, but the ct didnt show anything, to my knowledge. could my lungs being longer have made my pft lung volume and rv wrong?
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The term hyper inflated is generally used when there appears to have been a deeper breath taken than usual or air is trapped during a process like asthma. I would not take a casual statement by an x-ray tech to mean anything specific. Discuss this with your treating doc.
Answered 2/13/2023
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