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Hi I am new to this site and would like to know if anyone has had a chest xray and been told they have scarring on the lungs. I am so worried until I see my GP Thursday. First I was told it was calcium spots

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8 years ago

Ad try not worry really FROM what have read calciam is other name for Granuloma and lights up like Xmas tree on X-rays as it's solid WHERE as something still wet juicy lets say is not all calcerfied won't light up as much is a worry tho but could be just infections dried up.

These days do have very good screening SO ad try not to worry as that can be as bad like I say it could be consoladation / infection .. an am sure doc will do more test as when nessasery.

squady in reply to 8 years ago

ive had scared lungs for years ,its the places infections have taken a hold ,they can cause some pain when they become sticky but you can live with that good luck for the future

arthurjackson8 years ago

My scan recently showed lots of white dots on my lungs, my GP said they were 'interesting' but benign.

The specialist said they often come from having chicken pox after childhood. So yes I wouldn't worry, see what the GP says.

Rubyron8 years ago

Hi Bigdoo - yes, I was told the same thing a couple of years ago, that I had scarring on my lungs. My GP told me it was probably the result of past infections, but sent me for further investigations. I was diagnosed with bronchiectasis, which I'm managing (sometimes better than others, lol!). Try not to worry - scarring can occur for lots of reasons.

MarieW-F8 years ago

I have scarring and granulomas on my lungs.

Kim80608 years ago

Hi my mum was told that she has calciferous lungs due to her TB a few years ago. They often mention her lungs are scarred but they are not worried

Gordon578 years ago

Don't panic! It's quite common to have some scarring on the lungs. Mine came from having pneumonia over 20 years ago. It seems I had coughed and wheezed so much that I actually damaged my lungs and they tried to repair themselves but it obviously left internal scar tissue.

A few years later I had an x-ray whilst in hospital with a particularly bad chest infection and the junior doctors went into panic mode, giving me warfarin and telling me I had blood clots on my lungs... Of course, I knew what it was but they wouldn't listen. I had to go have a CT scan to double check, and as always seems to happen it was a weekend so I had to wait until Monday before they could do that.

When the consultant got the results he want ape with the junior doctors and asked why they had not listened to the patient.

Let your GP have a look and explain it better.

MarieW-F in reply to Gordon578 years ago

How lovely to see you on here again Gordon!

Gordon57 in reply to MarieW-F8 years ago

I didn't leave, I just stopped posting... I pop by now and again to have a read and a couple of topics this weekend caught my eye...

8 years ago

Thanks for all your responses I now take comfort in knowing other people have the same x

8 years ago

Yes and I believe most that have COPD do have scarring on the lungs from infections, abuse by what we have inhaled etc. That scarring can get bad enough so the lungs do not function as they should, hence the COPD and other lung conditions.

Don't freak out...just start NOW to better protect your lungs. You don't know what you have in store until you get a lung condition and it is hard to breathe!

Scouser588 years ago

Hello Bigdoo,,,firstly may I say,,,Don't panic,,,,then ask the reader of the x-ray what this means,,,,then keep calm,,,don't jump to conclusions,,ttfn from Karen.

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