Are black lungs when you don't smoke a sign of cancer ? Posted: 07-04-07 19:53pm
Are black lungs when you don't smoke a
sign of cancer?
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Lung Cancer Answer A3107 Posted: 08-08-07 07:48am
You wrote:
"Current medical status: Went to doctors,
said I had an ear infection, went back,
gave me other medicin because the first
didn't work.. then next time they did an
x-ray on the lungs and they said my lungs
were black and asked if I smoked.. said I
had bronchitis"
People who smoke a lot or breathe polluted
air accumulate more black pigment (carbon)
in their lungs than people who don’t
smoke. Black pigment can be seen only on
an autopsy, not with an X-ray. Black areas
on the lung seen via an X-ray image are
not the areas of black pigmentation but
are areas filled with air. Air in the
lungs on an X-ray is represented with
black color. Bronchitis is not diagnosed
with X-ray image; it is diagnosed via
auscultation. An X-ray image of the lungs
is used for diagnosing the following
conditions: pneumonia, lung tumor,
bronchiectasies, emphysema, pleurisy,
tuberculosis, etc.
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