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Chest and upper back pain with bronchiectasis and pseudomonas
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 1 2:15pm | Replies (131)Comment receiving replies
OMG i cannot believe you are all talking about pain in your right side and back pain. I couldn’t breathe and ended up in the emergency room last Thursday. Clinic doctor wanted to rule out blood clot. No clot. Pain still in my lung. ER doctor determined pluresy causing pain. Its crazy. I have been on meds now for 3 months. It has to be related. Also, they did a CT angio for pulmonary embolism and results came back that my lungs were clear. I am so confused my ct 3 months ago had nodules and infiltrates i both lungs. Going to my infectious diseases doctor to discuss pain and what is going on. I was told my bronchiectasis would never go away and now there is nothing. If this is true its a miracle!!!! I know that the lungs have no pain but the lining can cause pain if inflamed. Also she heard wheezing in both lungs that also can be some infection. Will let you all know what I find out. I now feel like i am not alone. Thank you for sharing.
Miriam
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Hi Miriam - I hear your frustration! I would not place too much significance on the report that your lungs are "clear". That may all depend on:
1) the x-ray/CT order - if it said "rule out embolism/pneumonia/blood clot/tumor... and there were none of those, it may have said "not detected",
2) if the MAC/bronch/nodules were in your prior record, it may have said "no change",
3) the doc may have just said "clear" meaning nothing new detected, and
4) the doc may just be a poor communicator.
If you really want to know, have the record and the radiology report sent to your ID, pulmo or primary.
Sue