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Smoking and lungs
I've been smoking since 3 years and usually I don't have any breathing difficulties but sometimes I use to hear a sound of bubbles in lower right lung and same when I eat spicy food. Chest xray done doctor said it's bronchitis and nothing else. is it deadly and is it curable or not I've decreased my ciggerates to 5 a day.
Kindly tell me the findings of x ray posted and please let me know is it so bad
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it's not good..kindly connect
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Chest x ray is apparently normal,nothing to worry ,need to discontinue smoking completely, bubbling sound is not due to this it's gastric problem
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl stop smoking. Pl do yoga and pranayama. Pl consult.
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Dr. Sivaraj Karri
Pulmonologist
10 yrs exp
Kakinada
Xray shows bronchitis picture
Its curable
Stop smoking
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Consult a pulmonologist
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