The physical examination found out what the lung shadow might be.

With the progress of society, people pay more and more attention to their health. For the average person, basically go to the hospital for a physical examination once a year. Some people will find shadows in their lungs during physical examination. What's going on here? In fact, the causes of shadows in the lungs are as follows:

One is because of a lung infection. When there is an infection in the lungs, shadows are usually detected, which is also the most common phenomenon of lung shadows. Due to the different infected areas, the area of lung shadow will be different. If there is only a slight infection in the lungs, the shadow of the lungs is only a small piece, and it is still patchy. However, if the lung infection is serious, the area of lung shadow will be large, which is very dangerous and may be accompanied by fever. It must be treated in time to avoid the continuous deterioration of the disease, affecting lung function, and then causing irreversible effects on human health.

The second is because of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is also a very common lung disease in daily life. Tuberculosis is also a phenomenon of pulmonary infection in essence, which is the infection of mycobacterium tuberculosis to the lungs. Generally speaking, the lung shadow caused by tuberculosis will be flocculent, very special and easy to distinguish. If you find flocculent shadows in the lungs, but also symptoms of hemoptysis and general fatigue, it may turn into tuberculosis, but as for whether it is tuberculosis, you need more in-depth examination.

The third is because there are metal substances on the clothes on the chest. As we know, X-rays are used for chest X-rays and cannot penetrate metal. Therefore, before the examination, the doctor will generally ask to take out the metal objects on his body, so as not to affect the examination results. Of course, during the examination, there may be negligence, the doctor forgot to remind him, or he forgot to take out the metal object himself, so that a shadow appeared during the examination. Of course, if it is really mistaken for illness, it will be very bad. Therefore, when taking a chest X-ray, in order to ensure the accuracy of the results, whether the doctor reminds you or not, you must remember to take out the metal objects on your body.

The fourth reason is congenital pulmonary cyst. Congenital pulmonary cyst is also a rare disease. Some people are born with abnormal lungs and then have lung shadows, such as pulmonary cyst, a ten-year-old child. Of course, this disease is extremely rare, and ordinary people will not appear.

Generally speaking, shadows appear in the lungs during examination, which are more common in the elderly and rare in young people. If there is lung shadow, don't panic, or through further examination, judge the specific symptoms. Lung is an important respiratory organ of human body, and its health is very important to human body. Therefore, we must pay more attention to lung health in our life. In short, if shadows are detected in the lungs, be careful.