I am only 18, and have been healthy my entire life. However the past few months I have had an occasional cough (especially at night and in the morning), sometimes it keeps me up at night. Anyways I went to see a pulmo doctor for the first time since I moved to Florida. I don't think he deals with CF much because he doesnt seem to act like its as serious as my previous doctors did. I think he deals more with asma patients. Anyways I got a lung X-ray and did some PFT tests. The doctor didnt see the lung X-ray, but he said the report on it was that my lungs were normal but I had a small dot or spec on my left lung...the doctor said that its probly nothing and that the person who examined the x-ray just didnt know i wasnt a smoker. My PFT's were good, all of them were in the 100% and up for lung funtions. Anyways I am guessing that spot on my lung is the reson for the cough I have been having. The doctor said he would take a look at the x-ray, and if he suspected it could be something that he would have me take a catscan.
I guess I have 2 questions:
1. From your experiences, what would you suspect the dot/spec to be?
2. What is a catscan, and does it involve a needle/shot?
I guess I have 2 questions:
1. From your experiences, what would you suspect the dot/spec to be?
2. What is a catscan, and does it involve a needle/shot?