Guest guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Hi all, I thought I would put in my two cents worth about crackles. My doctor hears mine all the time and when I have been in the hospital for pneumonia and congestive heart failure (which has been about 6 times in the last 8 years), everybody who listens to my lungs when they do the vitals hears them. When I am in a quiet room and the air is particularlly dry and I breathe with my mouth open, I hear them myself through my mouth. It does sound like some plastic wrap crinkling. It is fun to watch someone's face who doesn't know I have a lung problem listen to my lungs for the first time. You can see the intensity of their face as they listen again and the quizzical look comes on their face. Ha! Usually it is when I am at a new doctor's offce for the 1st time and the nurse comes in to do the vitals before the doc comes in. I usually don't keep them in suspense for very long so they don't freak out and think they have found some weird thing. Jim IPF 2000 Sarcoidosis 2000 PH 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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