A few cords and stripes seen in both lungs generally indicates that there has been tissue damage or lesions in the lungs that have not been completely absorbed, and they show up as a few cords and stripes on a chest x-ray or chest CT.
Corded shadow is a term used in imaging tests and is usually found during a physical examination with a chest CT or X-ray.
Most of the cord shadows are left behind by long-term heavy smoking, pneumonia, tuberculosis, trauma fibrosis and other reasons, generally does not have a great impact on the human body, you can not need special treatment, but in the discovery of cord shadows, at the same time, there are symptoms such as coughing, coughing up sputum, fever, chest pain and so on, suggesting that lung disease is occurring, progressing, and need to be timely treatment.
It is recommended to have regular medical checkups, and treat under the guidance of doctors when abnormalities occur, following medical advice.