i have lung problems myself and i found that i have nodules on my lungs and i also spit up a lot of phlem and i also have a pulmonary doctor that told me that i had bronchitis and emphysema. my nodules are not very big now but he will recheck them in 6 months. ask your doctor if you don't get to feeling better for a ct scan which will show more than an x-ray. the scarring could be from air pollution or pneumonia or emphysema or bronchitis or smoking. even if you have been around someone who has smoked all of their lives and you have inhaled a great deal of that smoke you will feel the effects after so long a time. my doctor put me on allbuterol it is a spray that i use whenever i feel like i can't breathe. i am also taking symbicort which is also a spray that i use for asthma related cough also maintenance treatment for my copd. it has helped me but i don't know if you could benefit. that is why i said you should have a ct scan of your lungs so that your doctor can really see how bad your lungs really is. and if you are short of breathe and sprays do not help i would suggest going to a cardiologist because anytime someone has a problem with shortness of breathe its either the lungs or the heart. maybe both. but i do suggest you go back to your doctor and ask for a ct scan or see if he will prescribe the allbuterol or symbicort to see if they will help. but i won't you to look up the side effects of any medicine that he gives you. only you will know if it is best for you to take. and don't take it just because it helped me take it only if you decide that you trust your doctor and if it is best for you to take. please let us know how you are doing and i would like to know how you are feeling. please keep us informed of your status. i do hope that you get to feeling better. thank you
what is the cause of scarred lungs? . i have been sick for over one month with asthma had 2 chest xrays to rule out pneumonia. good news no fluid or pneumonia but longs show scarring. i am still short of breath coughing up yellow phlem. so what causes scarred lungs could that be my problem?