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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (Expert Forum)
squished lungs
by peachy297, Jun 05, 2009 06:25PM
Have you ever heard of a diagnosis of squished lungs? Thanks!!
Doctor's Answer
by National Jewish Health, Jun 08, 2009 11:52AM
, Jun 08, 2009 11:52AMTo: peachy297
I suspect that this is a non-medical term for any space occupying chest diseases that would effectively reduce the size of one’s lungs, such as fluid or air in the chest or crushed chest injuries. This might also apply to pre-modern therapy for TB in which foreign materials were placed in the chest to compress the lungs, “put them at rest” and deprive the TB bacteria of oxygen to kill them.
Member Comments (2)
by janq, Aug 03, 2009 03:55PM
It could also be a non-medical explanation for pulmonary fibrosis.
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