X-ray of the lungs from relatively recent times has become widely used in medicine. The reason for viewing the lungs in the picture can serve as a lot of symptoms. So, if you suspect a lung cancer, an X-ray is simply necessary. Harmful tumors or other diseases (tuberculosis, ingestion of foreign bodies, inflammation, fungal diseases) in this area can be the reason for a number of health problems. Among the long list of the latter, you can identify a number of fairly common symptoms: hemoptysis, dry cough, pain in the lungs, weight loss, general weakness and many more.
Thus, lung X-ray is simply an indispensable procedure for diagnosing diseases of the main respiratory organs. As one can understand, the basis for the production of images of the lungs is the same principle as in the usual X-ray of the bones, that is, using X-rays penetrating into a certain region . It has only some of its differences. The fact is that in a healthy state, the lungs practically do not retain the aforementioned rays, in the picture one can see their "purity" even without special knowledge. If pathologies do not have lungs, then their image can be observed in the image in the form of two fields, on which the vessels are traced. In the case of tumors, or other diseases, the rays are delayed, which, undoubtedly, is displayed in the picture. Anyway, but to consider a disease without deep medical knowledge is usually difficult, the doctor's help is needed in any case.
X-ray of the lungs does not require preliminary preparation of the organism and does not foresee any contraindications. The procedure itself usually takes place in two stages. First, the patient leans against the device with arms apart, with the opposite cassette on the opposite side. Then the same procedure is carried out, only the diagnosed one is placed sideways. As a result, you get two pictures. In rare cases, radiography of the lungs is used at half a turn (45 degrees). Also, X-rays of the lungs are possible, in which the picture is not taken, and with the aid of the applet, the lung region is visible in X-rays.
People are often interested in the difference between lung X-rays and fluorography. And if it is common knowledge, where to make a fluorography, then pulmonary X-ray is often not possible to do in a regular state hospital. Here it is necessary to use the services of private offices. Despite similar tasks, lung X-rays and fluorography have many differences. First, the differences relate to the research methodology. If a fluorographic image before a preliminary study involves a rather complex treatment system, the pulmonary X-ray is carried out simply by qualitative photographing of light and direct examination. Secondly, the size of the obtained images is significantly different, fluorography involves obtaining many times smaller images. Thirdly, another disadvantage of fluorography is its meager informativity, whereas the X-ray of the lungs provides a more detailed picture. Fourthly, fluorography can, in principle, be regarded as a preventive, technically simple method of diagnosis.
It can be concluded that X-rays are a very important element in the diagnosis of various lung diseases and the control of them, which far exceeds the widely used and obsolete lung fluorography.