The lung doctor

There are many lung doctors. Some are super smart. some are as dumb as the average college student. This test could tell you if you could be smarter then the dumb doctor at your near by hospital.

Remember This quiz is for entertainment purposes only. All scenarios and situations within this quiz are fictitious and should not be compared with real life situations. All diagnoses should be made by a trained medical doctor. So could you become the next Dr. House for lung disease. Find out now!

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1. John Breather is a 67 year-old retired computer programmer who has smoked for over 25 years, but quit 3 years ago. He complains of coughing, occasional tightness in his chest and feeling short of breath when climbing stairs.
You will be feeling much better once the pneumonia clears up. But, you should quit smoking to keep it from recurring.
Your condition is no laughing matter. You have developed COPD, which is a chronic and progressive lung disease. I suggest you quit smoking immediately.
You have tuberculosis. I will prescribe some antibiotics for you. But, you should quit smoking, John.
You have developed black lung disease from your exposure to computers and smoking cigarettes. You need to quit smoking.
2. Ashley Wheezer is a 5 year old girl who has had repeated bouts of pneumonia and bronchitis. She has persistent coughing and wheezing and she tells you that she does not feel much like playing with her friend... Her mother states that Ashley has difficulty
Tuberculosis
Another bout of bronchitis
Another bout of pneumonia
Cystic Fibrosis
3. Bobby Aspirator is a 4 year old boy who loves to put things (including his finger) up his nose. His recent trip to your office is due to an eraser he lost in his nose. Bobby tells you that he coughed a little when it went up his nose. His mother states th
The eraser may have given Bobby a virus called viral pneumonia.
It sounds like he may have Walking Pneumonia, also known as mycoplasma pneumonia.
The eraser has introduced bacteria into his lungs, causing him to develop aspiration pneumonia.
Bobby has a slight case of bronchitis. I will give you an inhaler for him to use.
4. George Hacksalot is a 45 year old man who has been smoking cigarettes for about 25 years, and has been feeling short of breath when exercising. The shortness of breath started about 6 months ago. He states that just last week he has developed a cough and
Emphysema
Tuberculosis
Cystic Fibrosis
Pneumonia
5. You decide to order further testing for George. You want to measure absolute air volumes in his lung. Specifically, you want to know the residual volume, functional residual capacity, and the total lung capacity. Therefore, you order which of the followin
Spirometry
Pulmonary Function Test
Sputum Culture
Body Plethsmography
6. Alfred E. Pneumon is a 72 year old retired coal miner who has been complaining of shortness of breath and a chronic cough. Pulmonary function tests show significant decreased lung volume. Alfred is not a smoker, although he did smoke cigarettes for about
Pneumonia
Black Lung Disease
Chronic Bronchitis
COPD
7. : You decide to order radiographic studies for Alfred. Due to his signs and symptoms and the results of his PFT, you decide that one-dimensional images are all that is necessary to view the inside of the lungs. Therefore, you choose which of the following
MRI
CAT Scan
Chest X-Ray
PET
8. Kaleb Trigger is a 15 year old young man who has been coughing and wheezing, and it has been especially worse at night and early in the morning. Kaleb tells you that he sneezes like crazy and it feels like someone is sitting on my chest when he is around
It is possible you may have a serious illness called cystic fibrosis.
Luckily, it is just a common cold. You should be feeling better soon.
It sounds like you have what they call walking pneumonia.
I am afraid you have asthma, and your dog is exacerbating your condition.
9. Mary Hemoptysis is a non-smoking 35 year old woman who has been experiencing a chronic cough, shortness of breath with occasional bloody sputum, fatigue and weight loss. Mary has had pneumonia several times over the past few years. She tells you that her
You seem to have a slight case of walking pneumonia.
Let�s schedule genetic testing. You could have alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
I am sorry, you have lung cancer, but we can fight this.
Your home may have asbestos because you seem to be showing signs of asbestosis.
10. Brad Bronchi, a 27 year old non-smoking man, has been experiencing a wet cough, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Brad tells you that he has felt this way every year for the past three years, but it always goes away. He jokingly tells you that this all s
Ditch the girlfriend. She is obvious the cause of your illness.
The secondhand smoke has caused you to have chronic bronchitis.
It seems you are allergic to your girlfriend.
You have acute bronchitis. It happens to all males at some point or another during their twenties.

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