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Suffering from anxiety over possible emphysema diagnosis. Return to previous page 8/22/2018 2401 Views 4 Answers Last Activity: 1 year ago, Jane Martin Tags: Anxious Chest x-ray emphysema pft Scared Question: 0 Stentor 1 year ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Suffering from anxiety over possible emphysema diagnosis. Stentor 1 year ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Im new here and I’m scared, I’m really scared. Yesterday I went to urgent care with shallow breathing so they took a chest X-ray and the radiologist said it look like emphysema. Then the doc had me do a PFT which I did well on and it did not appear there was an obstruction with the 1 second exhalation. I’m going to follow up with a pulmonologist hopefully today and get this all sorted out. The thing is I don’t feel like I have emphysema at all, no coughing or wheezing, no morning headaches. I suffer from insomnia due to anxiety so I’ve never really slept well at all.I’m 32 and I can barely look at my 7 year old daughter without crying knowing that my time with her could possibly be cut short.So what would a suspicious chest x-ray but with good PFT results mean?
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