... Hi, Im new here. About a year ago I had a cold and bronchtis. My main doctor took a chest xray. About a few weeks later she called and said she saw a small spot on the xray and sent me to a lung spec who took a ct. He said it looked like a small scar and didnt seemed concerned. ... (1 replies)
... what else could a spot on a lung xray be that would not be cancer? ... (2 replies)
... Come to find out the chest xray results were off. The PET scan showed that the spot was actually 6x8 mm and inactive, unlike the chest xray that showed it had grown from 9mm to 13mm. Best of luck to you and your brother in law. ... (2 replies)
... what can cause a spot to show up on a lung xray? ... (0 replies)
... Xray found nothing on the lower right side, and that pain eventually went away. However, they did find the proverbial "spot" on my left upper lobe, consisten with a pinpoint area under my shoulderblade that had been hurting pretty bad, especially when I take a deep breath. ... (1 replies)
... Hes sure the spot on the lung xray was just an old scar, or something wrong with the film, as it is small and not condusive to a mass. ... (11 replies)
... Doc was putting the info away, he came across something unusual. He called my friend and told hi they saw a spot or a mass on his left lung, and also POSSIBLY a spot or a mass on the right side of his throat, but couldnt be sure about that one since the xray didnt show his throat too well. ... (11 replies)
... It is not uncommon for say a lung biopsy to collapse a lung. I know this as my motherinlaw experienced this occurance as they tried to biopsy a spot on her lung. ... (5 replies)
... out for the last 4 years im fit and eat very very healthy what could be going on and should i stay on the puffers permament to prevent it going straight on my chest , but it always does and i get short of breath when i cant cough it up from that right side it is most of the bottom of my lung that hurts? ... (2 replies)
... Sorry, Anne, to hear of your lung problems. Towards the end of your post, you mentioned you had fibromyalgia. That can definitely affect the lungs and your breathing. ... (10 replies)
... Its getting irritating to me that it is taking SO long. His original xray was in January, and its almost May and I know there was a delay due to his trip here, it doesnt seem like anyone is working as fast as Id like for them to. ... (11 replies)
... He was living on the East Coast, and then moved back here (Im in the Mid West). Because they caught it there, he actually had to go all the way back there to have it seen about. So far he hasnt been able to see the original Doc who ran the Xray, but we are hoping he will see someone by next week. Its disheartining to hear it can take so long to get a good answer. We are hoping... (11 replies)
... o rest and feeling completely pooped. I wasn't coughing or anything but I was just whooped. I was also having really really bad pain right above my sternum and on the left lung area. So they did the xray thinking it was pneumonia or bronchitis and they came back neg, but they found the "spot" on my lung. ... (10 replies)
... up in a few weeks. The doctor that saw me in the hospital in regards to the lung diagnosis, specializes in infectious disease... but I do not recall him mentioning this while I was there? ... (7 replies)
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... I am coming on this board in hopes that someone else has a few answers for me. ... (4 replies)
... so i was getting myself scared so i went to er they did a xray and saw a small nodule and said i need to see my dr asap they said its from smoking could this be true? ... (8 replies)
... chest tube yesterday then took another xray to see how the lung does and to see if the drainage stopped, well the drainage is still there and quite a bit and the lung now has another air leak, not sure if it's a new hole or around the staple spot. Seems like this will never end and he is very depressed and discouraged. ... (26 replies)
... The other day I had a chest xray in the ER. The doctor told me I had a 'dense' spot on my lung and that I should have it checked out by my regular doctor. ... (0 replies)
... Hi. My name is Lucy, Im 16 years old and i have a 3 year old sister who has some lung problems. When she was first born she was in the hospital for a few days because she had some issues with her lungs. ... (1 replies)
