Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
Has anyone been told of the presence of 'interstitial markings' on a chest x-ray?
I recently had x-rays on my thoracic and lumbosaccral spine. My complaint was 'back pain'.
Although nothing 'remarkable' or serious was found about my spine the radiologist found 'interstitial markings' interesting enough comment on them.
"Increased interstitial markings are seen in the lung zones bilaterally"
Impression was:
"Prominent interstitial lung disease present"
My PCP is reluctant to comment on them until I have another x-ray done specifically for the chest, not the spine.
(My background---- two PEs within 2 years a couple of years ago and with emboli in all four quads. of both lungs. I'm a Coumadin lifer now)
I finally wrangled a referral to a pulmonologist out of my PCP, which he was also strangely reluctant to do and will see the pulm. next week.
My question---- anyone else heard of them? Any thoughts?
I'm wondering if they're just the remmants/scars from my emboli.
I recently had x-rays on my thoracic and lumbosaccral spine. My complaint was 'back pain'.
Although nothing 'remarkable' or serious was found about my spine the radiologist found 'interstitial markings' interesting enough comment on them.
"Increased interstitial markings are seen in the lung zones bilaterally"
Impression was:
"Prominent interstitial lung disease present"
My PCP is reluctant to comment on them until I have another x-ray done specifically for the chest, not the spine.
(My background---- two PEs within 2 years a couple of years ago and with emboli in all four quads. of both lungs. I'm a Coumadin lifer now)
I finally wrangled a referral to a pulmonologist out of my PCP, which he was also strangely reluctant to do and will see the pulm. next week.
My question---- anyone else heard of them? Any thoughts?
I'm wondering if they're just the remmants/scars from my emboli.
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I think this info from the Merck manual is pretty comprehensive, if you scroll down to Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease. I wonder if having Lyme Disease could be a culprit although it's not specifically listed.
http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/print/lung_and_airway_disorders/interstitial_lung_diseases/overview_of_interstitial_lung_diseases.html
Lyme is a very good guess since Lyme is a great mimic and many MS, Lupus yada yada people are actually Lymies. NOT all, so don't get all semantic on me, you MSers. LOL
I've always had a suspicion that perhaps the reason I got the PE's was because I moved to a State that absolutely forbids treatment of it by a doctor. Although Oregon has NDs that will treat Lyme but usually not for a long time and my insurance won't pay for an ND------ and IM bicillin would be a very long treatment course and very expensive one to pay out of pocket.
I was in remission when I moved here and quickly got 'unremissioned' when I couldn't get treated and it wasn't but about 6 months until I got my first PE.
(There are reasons I can't move again, too private and too many to mention.)
I hope the pulmonologist is a good 'thinker'.
I think any kind of chronic inflammatory disease can cause all kinds of nonsense in our bodies. So maybe there is a connection.