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What Does A Little Scar In Lungs As Shown In X Ray Mean?
Hello my friend needs to undergo a medicak exam specifically x-ray we alredy knew that result give her an image of the lungs with a spot a littles scar based from the last time she had to undergo this test.I just want to ask if there s anything that she can do to mask it bec.we re already sure that she doesn t have any contagious disease now based from the sputum test done to confirm the result of her previous x-ray she just need to have a clear result.
Tue, 27 Oct 2015
Hello,
A scar in the lungs is usually due to a previous infection. Sometimes, scars in the lungs shrink over time, but if they are present, there is really nothing you can do to hide them.
All the best.
A scar in the lungs is usually due to a previous infection. Sometimes, scars in the lungs shrink over time, but if they are present, there is really nothing you can do to hide them.
All the best.
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