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A 37-year old asked:
If you have atypical pneumonia, are you likely to get crackles in lungs?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is it necessary to go to doctor for crackles in lungs?
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A 22-year old asked:
Cough + basal crackles in right lung. Is this the same as congestion? Please list causes? Thanks.
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A 34-year old male asked:
Went to my GP due to a chest infection He said he heard some crackles in my lungs does this mean pneumonia or can it still be just a chest infection ?
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A 54-year old female asked:
88 year old with Asthma and COPD was given a duoneb jet nebulizer treatment, prior to tx, crackles in the left lung field, clear on the right, after treatment , audible expiratory wheezing and upper airway(nasal) wheezing. Why is there wheezing ?
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A 19-year old female asked:
What does coarse inspiratory crackles heard during chest auscultation over lung bases mean? Is it an underlying cause of a disease?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I had an upper respiratory sickness 3 months ago, but I am still coughing with what i think is lung crackles, mostly in the mornings. What should I do
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A 64-year old male asked:
Do COPD or a pleural effusion typically cause "crackles". The crackles are apparently heard at the base of the lungs.
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A 45-year old male asked:
Are crackles and abnormal lung sounds always heard with A stethoscope if you have Pulmonary fibrosis?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Diagnosed with hital hernia and gastritis. Additionally have had two bronchitis episodes in two months. Frequently experience bibasilar crackles when laying on right side. Could this be caused by stomach acid leaking into lungs while laying down?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Cough not goin go away spat up blood once wheezing popping in throat when swallowing and crackles, never smoked. Goin on for a while. Lung cancer?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Mild chest pain..crackle in throat.coughing brown phelgm.quit smoking before 2 months.chest xray clear.laryngoscopy clear. Lung cancer?
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A 34-year old asked:
I have bronchitis and a crackle noise in my chest. What do you suggest?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Recovered from pneumonia and plural effusion 1 and half months ago but still having chest pain in that area why?Is it normal.Sometimes i hear crackles
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A 36-year old female asked about a female:
8mnth old,lot of crackles and wheez in chest.take pulmicort2ml in 0.2mg/ml salbutamol.b.d.in between at 4hrly salbutamol.wheez doesnt go even aftr neb?
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A 30-year old female asked:
It's been 24 hrs since sudden right chest pain started with cough, wheezing, crackles. stable. worse with upper body movement. still have to go to Dr?
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A 43-year old female asked:
I have shortness of breath my chest crackles but not a wheeze i'm am fatigued and my heart rate is about 120 this has been going on for 6 months help ?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I am experiencing crackling in my back and left side when inhaling and exhaling. I went for a chest x-ray and was told: "The cardiac silhouette is within normal limits. There are no focal areas of consolidation or effusion seen" why the crackles?
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A 54-year old female asked:
I sometimes get a crackle in my throat I have just finished antibiotic don't seemed to have work what can I do it was for a chest infection . I went to gp they kept saying covid I had done a test was negative Why? I'm fed up?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Dypsnea /chest crackles and tightness.. battled with hypertension. X-ray came out good ,echo showed early hypertensive heart disease changes with Ef=83% Im 20 bp back to 120/70 dypsnea reduced a little diagnosed with anxiety disorder help please?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Echo showed early hypertensive heart disease changes EF=83 X-ray came out good chest/neck tightness, dyspnea,chest crackles on inhalation but bp back to 110/70 Im 20 I was then diagnosed with anxiety disorder since chest condition ruled out. help
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A 27-year old female asked:
Slightly sore throatsome crackle sounds when i breath in at top of chest/bottom of throat.Clean chest xray.Slight headache/vertigo, sob exertion what is?
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A 44-year old male asked:
39m cough start jul2 little yellow mucus. Jul 8 cough stopped now I have a crackle wheeze on hard exhale. Doctor heard it prescribed azithromycin.Chest xray nothing found mri of spine unrelated noted possible atelectasis vs airway disease ct needed?
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A female asked:
How big are the lungs?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Why are my lungs hurting?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can coughing damage lungs?
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A 45-year old asked:
How do you heal raw lungs?
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A 37-year old asked:
What does hard lungs mean?
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A 42-year old asked:
Where are your lungs located?
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A 22-year old female asked about a 18-year old female:
What is lungs opacificification?
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