Two fingers...

[Woodbutcher]

Why do Dr's do that thing where they stretch out their first and second finger, place the tips against your chest and tap the backs of them with their other hand ?

 

[Trinityheart8891]

hey,

The Respiratory Therapist in me is gonna kick in here:

this is called percussion, its used to assess the density of the structures in a person's chest, for example, if a person has pneumonia, their lung in that area is denser, the percussion note will be flat, kinda like a thud, if they have a collapsed lung with air surrounding it the percussion note will be drum like because of the fact that the chest is less dense in that area.

 

[Woodbutcher]

Thanks ! What a great reply ... Amazing how so much can be assessed by a simple tap.

 

[Lisa in Katy]

Now if they do it on your head, they could be checking to see if there's anything in there!

 

[Dina]

Some are docs are really good at this,I find it more of an art. There are
albums used for teaching what sounds indicate which symptom or disease.
I have never been a good listener and am amazed at those who diagnose
so easily via stethescope or percussion.

 

[Eva]

hey,

The Respiratory Therapist in me is gonna kick in here:

this is called percussion, its used to assess the density of the structures in a person's chest, for example, if a person has pneumonia, their lung in that area is denser, the percussion note will be flat, kinda like a thud, if they have a collapsed lung with air surrounding it the percussion note will be drum like because of the fact that the chest is less dense in that area.

Great information!

 

[Dina]

hey,

The Respiratory Therapist in me is gonna kick in here:
.

What!? Are you on his computer?

 

[Tbone]

Just hope they are not tone deaf. LOL

 

[laurad37]

hey,

The Respiratory Therapist in me is gonna kick in here:

this is called percussion, its used to assess the density of the structures in a person's chest, for example, if a person has pneumonia, their lung in that area is denser, the percussion note will be flat, kinda like a thud, if they have a collapsed lung with air surrounding it the percussion note will be drum like because of the fact that the chest is less dense in that area.

Thanks for explaining that. I wondered too. Sounds like our body is some kind of instrument