Chest X-rays?

Why woukd a doctor order chest x-rays on a child who presents beside daily headache and nausea? What could they be looking for?


Answers:    Pneumonia, which can present in several forms. Sometimes it is caused by a microbes or virus, other times it is "walking pneumonia". "Walking pnuemonia" or mycoplasma pneumonia is normally mild and flu-like surrounded by nature.

From MayoClinic:
"Mycoplasma pneumonia spreads slickly in situations where on earth people congregate and is adjectives among schoolchildren and young adults."

It could be a host of other things, possibly ask the doctor why he/she ordered a chest x-ray?
There are heaps things he could be looking from. Maby some of the symptoms the child is having front to something wrong with the chest.
If you ever are discomfited with what a doctor is doing, merely ask. They do not mind.
Best of luck to you.
hiatal hernia

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