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What Does Minimal Perihilar Infiltrated Mean In A Chest MRI?
Question: hello,
my husband is 40 years old, his chest radio shows minimal perihilar infiltrates probably chronic in nature, he smoke.
what does this mean?
my husband is 40 years old, his chest radio shows minimal perihilar infiltrates probably chronic in nature, he smoke.
what does this mean?
Brief Answer:
Possibility of bronchitis is more.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Minimal peri hilar infiltrates are seen mostly with bronchitis and lung infection.
And both of these are common in smokers.
So possibility of bronchitis or lung infection is more in his case.
Please let me know what are his symptoms?
So that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your husband.
Thanks.
Possibility of bronchitis is more.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Minimal peri hilar infiltrates are seen mostly with bronchitis and lung infection.
And both of these are common in smokers.
So possibility of bronchitis or lung infection is more in his case.
Please let me know what are his symptoms?
So that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your husband.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you for your prompt reply.
My husband, has no symptoms. We discover this during a routine exams not more.
Actually he is reducing his number of cigarettes, and like csughing with green secretion.
I was afraid that this means lung tumor.
War do u think??
Thx.
My husband, has no symptoms. We discover this during a routine exams not more.
Actually he is reducing his number of cigarettes, and like csughing with green secretion.
I was afraid that this means lung tumor.
War do u think??
Thx.
Brief Answer:
Since how many days he is having cough with green expectoration?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
In the initial you are saying that he is asymptomatic and in the last line you are saying that he is having cough with green expectoration.
Please let me know
1. Since how many days he is having this cough with green expectoration?
2. Is he having fever and chest pain?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Since how many days he is having cough with green expectoration?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
In the initial you are saying that he is asymptomatic and in the last line you are saying that he is having cough with green expectoration.
Please let me know
1. Since how many days he is having this cough with green expectoration?
2. Is he having fever and chest pain?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
No fever nor pain.
Since a couple of days
Since a couple of days
Brief Answer:
Can you send me x ray image?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Honestly speaking green phlegm is suggestive of lung infection more.
Early stages of lung tumour is also look like lung infection.
So I need to see the x ray image for better understanding.
So can you please send me image of his chest x ray? This would be of great help in answering you.
I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Can you send me x ray image?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Honestly speaking green phlegm is suggestive of lung infection more.
Early stages of lung tumour is also look like lung infection.
So I need to see the x ray image for better understanding.
So can you please send me image of his chest x ray? This would be of great help in answering you.
I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I sent the xray report.
Don't have the xray itself.
Don't have the xray itself.
Brief Answer:
Ask him to quit smoking completely.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
If chest x ray image is there then it would be of great help.
Anyways, since you are not having x ray plate, we can't do anything for this.
This x ray report is mostly due to his smoking habit.
Once he quits smoking completely, he will be alright.
No need to worry for lung tumour. But if continues to smoke, probability of lung tumour will be more.
So better to counsel him for smoking cessation.
Hope I have solved your query. If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar.
Wishing good health to your husband. Thanks.
Ask him to quit smoking completely.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
If chest x ray image is there then it would be of great help.
Anyways, since you are not having x ray plate, we can't do anything for this.
This x ray report is mostly due to his smoking habit.
Once he quits smoking completely, he will be alright.
No need to worry for lung tumour. But if continues to smoke, probability of lung tumour will be more.
So better to counsel him for smoking cessation.
Hope I have solved your query. If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar.
Wishing good health to your husband. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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