what does it mean to have Opacity in right lung?
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Opacity means an area in the lung that shows up white on an xray...so an area that light can't pass through.  It could mean so many things cysts, emphysema, pneumonia and so many more.  No one here can diagnose..only a physician can do that and he won't do it without seeing the xray or the patient.
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The right side of the heart is for pulmonary circulation. this is to take blood from the tissues rich in co2 and lower in Oxygen and circulate it thru the lungs. In the lungs the co2 is dumped off and a fresh load of oxygen is picked up by the hemoglobin in the red blood cell. The left side of the heart now gets this fresh blood and the left ventricle pumps blood thru the body but not the lungs. the right ventricle pumps blood thru the lungs.
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Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is an inflammation of the bronchioles and surrounding tissue in the lungs. BOOP may affect small areas of the lungs or the entire lung. \n\nTry this..\n\nhttp://lungdiseases.about.com/od/termsdefinitions/f/what_is_boop.htm
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It means that there is a spot in the lungs. That report by itself does NOT tell the cause of the spot. Often not cancerous and can be due to infection or scar tissue. Further testing usually needed to determine if cancer or not.
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Lung tissue looks like a sponge.  Heart tissue looks like a steak.  Do an image search.
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Sounds like the doc said, an inflamation, maybe caused by an infection.  I've had it a few times, but normally following a rib injury, which does not have to be major. You don't breathe properly, or cough, so the air in the bottom of the lungs gets stagnant.
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See\nhttp://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Pulmonary.html
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The right lung has three lobes (superior, middle, and inferior from top to bottom), and the left only has two (superior and inferior).  \n\nA side note: this difference has been attributed to the fact that the heart resides a bit more in the left chest than the right, and three lobes plus the heart would be a bit too snug for the lungs or heart to function properly.
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It's hard to tell what they actually meant, but this sounds like it could be related to emphysema.  Emphysema is associated with lungs that trap air, causing a more transparent, inflated appearance on X-ray.  This finding could be inconsequential, or it could eventually lead to shortness of breath with or without exercise.  It should be looked into.  Avoid smoke and other irritants for sure.  If it's a young person, they might check on the possibility of an inherited condition that could cause premature emphysema (alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, for example).  \n\nThis is really a shot in the dark.  Good luck!
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Bent? how do you mean? do you mean they grow downwards, pls add more details.  If they curve downwards it could mean a serious health condition with lungs.  If so I'd recommend a chest xray.
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Lung\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nThe lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. (Source: Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th ed. 1918.)\n\nThe lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. (Source: Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th ed. 1918.)\nAir enters and leaves the lungs via a conduit of cartilaginuous passageways — the bronchi and bronchioles. In this image, lung tissue has been dissected away to reveal the bronchioles. (Source: Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th ed. 1918.)\n\nAir enters and leaves the lungs via a conduit of cartilaginuous passageways — the bronchi and bronchioles. In this image, lung tissue has been dissected away to reveal the bronchioles. (Source: Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th ed. 1918.)\n\nThe lung is the essential organ of respiration in air-breathing vertebrates. Its principal function is to transport oxygen from the atmosphere into the bloodstream, and to excrete carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the atmosphere. This it accomplishes with the mosaic of specialized cells that form millions of tiny, exceptionally thin-walled air sacs where gas exchange takes place. Lungs also have nonrespiratory functions.\n\nMedical terms related to the lung often begin with pulmo-, from the Latin pulmonarius ("of the lungs"), cognate with the Greek pleumon ("lung").\n\nRespiratory function\n\nEnergy production from aerobic respiration often requires oxygen and produces carbon dioxide as a by-product, creating a need for an efficient means of oxygen delivery to cells and carbon dioxide excretion from cells. In smaller organisms, such as single-celled bacteria, this process of gas exchange can take place entirely by simple diffusion. In larger organisms, this is not possible; only a small proportion of cells are close enough to the surface for oxygen from the atmosphere to enter them through diffusion. Two major adaptations made it possible for organisms to attain great multicellularity: an efficient circulatory system that conveyed gases to and from the deepest tissues in the body, and a large, internalised respiratory system that centralized the task of obtaining oxygen from the atmosphere and bringing it into the body, whence it could rapidly be distributed to all tissues via the circulatory system.\n\nIn air-breathing vertebrates, respiration occurs in a series of steps. Air is brought into the animal via the airways — in reptiles, birds and mammals this often consists of the nose; the pharynx; the larynx; the trachea; the bronchi and bronchioles; and the terminal branches of the respiratory tree. The lungs of mammals are a rich lattice of alveoli, which provide an enormous surface area for gas exchange. A network of fine capillaries allows transport of blood over the surface of alveoli. Oxygen from the air inside the alveoli diffuses into the bloodstream, and carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood to the alveoli, both across thin alveolar membranes. The drawing and expulsion of air is driven by muscular action; in early tetrapods, air was driven into the lungs by the pharyngeal muscles, whereas in reptiles, birds and mammals a more complicated musculoskeletal system is used. In the mammal, a large muscle, the diaphragm (in addition to the internal intercostal muscles), drive ventilation by periodically altering the intra-thoracic volume and pressure; by increasing volume and thus decreasing pressure, air flows into the airways down a pressure gradient, and by reducing volume and increasing pressure, the reverse occurs. During normal breathing, expiration is passive and no muscles are contracted.. [\n\nNonrespiratory functions\n\nIn addition to respiratory functions such as gas exchange and regulation of hydrogen ion concentration, the lungs also:\n\n    * influence the concentration of biologically active substances and drugs used in medicine in arterial blood\n    * filter out small blood clots fo
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May be your pleural covering of your lung on the right side is affected mildly.
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A hilar mass just means that on a chest x-ray or CT/MRI scan, one sees that the center of the chest area seems enlarged. It could mean many things, but a common reason is that the lymph glands there are enlarged. This could be cancer, but it could be something else entirely, so talk to your doctor about it. Good luck.
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it maybe  what they call a calcified granuloma which would show up as a spot on your lung but that is nothing harmful lots of people have them and they can tell by a chest xray if thats what it is. your doctor is probably right but it would also help if you said your age and what kind of doctor it was that told you that. Also a radiologist probably read the xray sometimes you can get to talk to them about it. Don't panic because it probably is nothing but if it would make you feel any better get a second opinion and/or ask if you can see a pulmonologist (lung doctor).  When it comes to YOUR health you can't be too cautious. If you have any more questions send me a message
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It sounds the the radiologist saw something lightning up near the root of the right lung, where its bronchioles and vessels converge.  It's just a descriptive phrase, so it doesn't give a diagnosis.  Hilar prominence could be nothing, or it could be inflammation, or it could be a sign associated with sarcoidosis, or it could be an infection, or it could be cancerous.  \n\nI really wouldn't get worked up about a phrase in a report.  Talk to the doctor for the whole story.
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Mucus can be simply categorized like this:\n\nWhite is normal.\n\nYellow is an acute infection.\n\nGreen or any variation darker than yellow: it's old, from the way bottom of the lung, and no immediate cause of concern, unless you are getting a bunch of green up, in which case, see a doctor.\n\nOf course mucus can be categorized 20 different ways but this is just simple and easy, if you are really concerned, see your pulmonologist. Good Luck!
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Pleurisy is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the lungs, with subsequent pain. \n\nPleurisy may develop in the presence of lung inflammation (for example, pneumonia, tuberculosis), rheumatic diseases, chest trauma, certain cancers, and asbestos-related disease. The main symptom is pain over the chest wall at the site of the inflammation. In some circumstances, the pain may be felt in the shoulder. \n\nThe pain is increased by deep breathing, coughing, and chest movement. The normally smooth pleural surfaces, now roughened by inflammation, rub together with each breath, and may produce a rough, grating sound called a "friction rub". This can be heard with the stethoscope or an ear held against the chest.\n\nFluid often accumulates at the site of pleural inflammation. A localized collection of fluid separates the lung pleura from the chest wall pleura causing the chest pain to disappear even though the illness may be worsening.