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What Medication Is Suggested For Enpheysema?

hi my dad is going for a ct chest scan tonight.in november he had a chest ray done that showed enpheysema.when he saw the consultant they had not received this xray and sent him for another.the xray showed fluid at bottom of right lung but he said he neede to check this out but he was 99% sure it was just fluid.could this be cancer.?
Tue, 29 Mar 2016
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Hello , The more common reason of having fluid in a patient with emphysema is infection , so I would request that you shouldn't jump guns and relax . A CT chest will make the picture much clearer and will also help quantify the fluid .
If significant aspiration of fluid and analysis of the same will give us further information.
So I would like to reassure you that though cancer is a possibility, there are far more common causes why fluid should get collected .
Regards Dr Priyank Mody
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What Medication Is Suggested For Enpheysema?

Hello , The more common reason of having fluid in a patient with emphysema is infection , so I would request that you shouldn t jump guns and relax . A CT chest will make the picture much clearer and will also help quantify the fluid . If significant aspiration of fluid and analysis of the same will give us further information. So I would like to reassure you that though cancer is a possibility, there are far more common causes why fluid should get collected . Regards Dr Priyank Mody