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What Do Bilateral Hazy Pulmonary Opacities With Indistinct Vessels In An X-ray Report Mean?
Question: Recent xray reading states: Bilateral hazy pulmonary opacities with indistinct vessels. No convincing pleural effusions. Heart is grossly normal size. Mild atheromatous changes to aorta. No acute osseous findings. Correlate for mild edema. Consider short-term follow-up chest x-ray.
What does this mean?
What does this mean?
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Yes, I can understand your concern
According to the chest X-ray result findings, your lungs are slightly overflowed with a little liquid and especially in their sponges part. It is a sign that shows that probably your arterial blood pressure has been recently high.
Usually, this situation needs diuretics (water-pill) treatment. And after some days a chest X-Ray should be repeated. If you are breathlessness and with a cough, you should need medical attention. If not and you feel ok then it can wait until you come back from the vacation.
Hope to have been helpful
Regards and feel free to ask me again.
Dr.Jolanda
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Yes, I can understand your concern
According to the chest X-ray result findings, your lungs are slightly overflowed with a little liquid and especially in their sponges part. It is a sign that shows that probably your arterial blood pressure has been recently high.
Usually, this situation needs diuretics (water-pill) treatment. And after some days a chest X-Ray should be repeated. If you are breathlessness and with a cough, you should need medical attention. If not and you feel ok then it can wait until you come back from the vacation.
Hope to have been helpful
Regards and feel free to ask me again.
Dr.Jolanda
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Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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