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Pulmonary function results...confused

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Patty

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Apr 10, 2009
 
can anyone help me out, i got diagnosed with mild emphysema from my dr, from a chest x-ray, i went on to take a spirometry..and its totally normal, the numbers are very good , no abnormaility..does anyone know if this is possible, or have i been misdiagnosed from the x-ray
doofus

Windsor, Canada

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Apr 27, 2009
 
you need to see a pulm doctor, mild cases of copd do NOT show up on Chest X-ray only when its advanced, the results from the spirometry i feel is more accurate
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