Asthma chest x ray

Overview
The chest x-ray in asthmatics is often normal. It is done to exclude other causes of wheeze and aid in the diagnosis of complications such as atelectasis and pneumonia.

Chest X-ray
The chest x-ray in patients with asthma is usually normal. However, chest x-ray remains one of the initial diagnostic investigations done when a patient presents with difficulty in breathing. The use of chest x-ray in such situations may assist in excluding other causes of shortness of breath such as:
 * A mediastinal mass
 * Cardiac failure
 * Tracheal compression
 * Pneumonia
 * Sarcoidosis
 * Or foreign body aspiration.

Chest x-ray is can be useful in diagnosis of the complications and other co-morbidities such as:
 * Atelectasis
 * Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
 * Eosinophilic pneumonitis
 * Pneumonia.

It is because of this that chest x-ray is indicated in asthmatics with fever.