I'm trying to understand my CT scan results. It mentions minimal bilateral apical pleural thickeningscould you help me figure out what this means? Should I be worried about it?

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That could be due to post microbial infection,if you have no symptoms you can ignore it,it will resolve,if you have any visit Pulmonologist for appropriate management

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I'm really worried about my mom. She's 64 and has been diagnosed with moderate COPD. We just started her on treatment, but I can't stop thinking about how this is going to affect her life expectancy. She also has high blood pressure. Can you give me any insights on what we should expect moving forward?

10- 20 years.

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I'm 20 and never smoked but I've been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis. How long might it take to heal? I've also uploaded my chest X-ray imagecould you tell me if it looks serious?

since it is chronic bronchitis, it will take almost 1 month around to completely cure it

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I've been noticing something concerning over the past month. Every morning, I start coughing up blood, and then it begins to come from my nose too. The blood's dark red, kind of like a clot. I'm not dealing with a sore throat or any weakness, but it's worrying. Could this be serious?

as you say its been there for a month that needs evaluation,visit ENT doctor for the same

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