> Depends, but there'd be lots of them. > Dedicated respirator in the short term to keep your O2 stable. > IV and medication to compensate for anemia – maybe blood transfusions. > Diagnosis would involve a CT scan of your lungs. >> (That's a fancy x-ray that screens for abnormal tissue.) > Probably a bronchoscopy next. >> (That's a little camera they slide into your lung through a tube.) > They'd probably grab a biopsy while they're at it – to analyze under microscope, run through spectroscopy tests, etc. > Maybe chemotherapy or radiation treatment in the long term if the biopsy came back with cancer cells, though > if it's as advanced as you describe, I'm not sure if that'd be a viable option. > > So, surgery, probably. > Lung transplant, if it came to it.
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> Dedicated respirator in the short term to keep your O2 stable.
> IV and medication to compensate for anemia – maybe blood transfusions.
> Diagnosis would involve a CT scan of your lungs.
>> (That's a fancy x-ray that screens for abnormal tissue.)
> Probably a bronchoscopy next.
>> (That's a little camera they slide into your lung through a tube.)
> They'd probably grab a biopsy while they're at it – to analyze under microscope, run through spectroscopy tests, etc.
> Maybe chemotherapy or radiation treatment in the long term if the biopsy came back with cancer cells, though
> if it's as advanced as you describe, I'm not sure if that'd be a viable option.
>
> So, surgery, probably.
> Lung transplant, if it came to it.