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Respiratory Disorders (Expert Forum)
phlem production, pain in middle back and right side
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phlem production, pain in middle back and right side
by plum, Oct 19, 2002 12:00AM
Back on the 29 8 2002 I wrote in and had some helpful information but my condition has not improved.
Are there any lung infections, TB ect that dont show up on a CT scan? Or could it be that when I feel the ache, and phlem is produced, (which I have to clear by coughing) that it is just a very long term reaction by the lungs trying to clear out a lot of building rubble dust to which I had a big single exposure some time back?
Are there any lung infections, TB ect that dont show up on a CT scan? Or could it be that when I feel the ache, and phlem is produced, (which I have to clear by coughing) that it is just a very long term reaction by the lungs trying to clear out a lot of building rubble dust to which I had a big single exposure some time back?
Doctor's Answer
by National Jewish, Oct 24, 2002 12:00AM
, Oct 24, 2002 12:00AM
Asthma and chronic bronchitis can cause cough and phlegm and would not show up on a high resolution CT scan. I would be reluctant to attribute your symptoms to a distant exposure to "rubble dust", with a normal CT scan.
I left you a msg below, but wanted to share a lecture for ARDS for chronic lung diseases:
http://www.researchchannel.org/researchchannel/program/displayseries.asp?collid=102
Best,
Anai Rhoads