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Should I Be Worried As My Husband Have Lots Of Scarring In His Lungs?
My husband had pneumonia 2years ago, we have been told that his lungs have lots of scarring, he is going into hospital to have part of his lung removed and have a biopsy. The dr asked he we would feel if he was told he had late stage ling fibrosis, he told us if it was this condition it would not get any better or worse, I m scared
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
In lung tissue healing occurs in many ways, like fibrosis, calcification, bronchiectasis, normal healing etc. It is quite common to have fibrosis after heavy pneumonia and TB. Its natural process. No one predicts which disease ends with which healing method. And once fibrosis or calcification it will remain for the life time as it is. The indication for its removal is persistent infections in it.
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