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Jan
Jan
the reason why my dad went to the doctor was because he has been coughing up blood for serveral months and had throat cancer last year and they originally thought it was dry air but now with the abnormal chest x-ray I wonder what that means??
Answer:
Was your dad treated with surgery or radiation for his throat cancer? If your dad is a smoker, it's possible that he might have lung cancer. People with a mouth and throat cancer have a chance of developing another head and neck cancer or cancer in a neighboring region such as the voice box (larynx) or esophagus (the tube between the throat and the stomach). It's difficult to give a diagnosis from a CXR, your dad will need a neck and chest CT scan to find out if there are other abnormalities in his lungs.
Answer:
Sadly that is a big sign of fluids in the lung and is caused by cancer. Lost both parents in law to that and its nasty but mercifully fast.
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