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How Can Lung Opacity Be Best Treated ?
fsmily friend had bad cold, turned bad now diagnosed with serious opacity. is this treatable and if so what has been the treatments that showed most promise? non-smoker & social drinker
Wed, 18 Jan 2012
hi
read your prob,
there are many causes of lung opacity some of them are pnumonia ,
tuberculosis, sarcoidosis ect. as this is followed by sever cold so may be most probably this is due to pnumonia.
do all work up n discuscuss it with your doc n start proper treatment.
do not worry these are treatable.
Dr aseem
9982583020
aseemadhuri@gmail.com
read your prob,
there are many causes of lung opacity some of them are pnumonia ,
tuberculosis, sarcoidosis ect. as this is followed by sever cold so may be most probably this is due to pnumonia.
do all work up n discuscuss it with your doc n start proper treatment.
do not worry these are treatable.
Dr aseem
9982583020
aseemadhuri@gmail.com
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Hi
As i gathered from your proble that your friend's agge is 70 so the causes should be ---
1) Infection - Pneumonia, TB, etc
2) Mass Lesion - Cancer
Please mention of he is having fever , raised TLC counts, high ESR.
I think at this age you should evaluate this further with a CT scan if the above symptoms are not there.
Do revert.
Take care.
As i gathered from your proble that your friend's agge is 70 so the causes should be ---
1) Infection - Pneumonia, TB, etc
2) Mass Lesion - Cancer
Please mention of he is having fever , raised TLC counts, high ESR.
I think at this age you should evaluate this further with a CT scan if the above symptoms are not there.
Do revert.
Take care.
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