Streaking on a chest x-ray

[Erin001]

Hello, I had an asthma specialist appointment today at my local hospital and I had to have a chest x-ray and apparently there was streaking in the chest which I don't fully understand

Does anyone know what this means?? Please shed some light on the subject if you can

Thank you

Erin

[Toci]

Does that mean you had naked people running across your lungs?

Sorry, I have never heard of streaking but I hope someone else can help.

[Badbessie]

It could be a number of things. On occasion even in healthy people a part of the the lung will not fully inflate due to lung being pushed together. This shows up as a " Streak" and if they breath in again it normally disappears. There is also a condition called atelectasis which can also cause this. "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atele.... Without the X-ray report I am at a loss to help you further. I would discuss this with your GP as he should receive a copy of the report and will be able to explain. P.s Atelectasis can go as far as a collapsed lung but in your case it is only in a small area so do not worry.