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How To Get Rid Of Scar On Lung?

hi doctors, im from philippines male 37 y.o, 5"5' in height and 140lbs in weight. My problem is I have lungscar on my lung and it puzzled how come i have this becuase i dont have any PTB history. Is there any medicine that the scar on my lung will vanish coz Its hard for me now to work abroad. thank you
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Not only pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia or lung trauma etc can also produce scar lesions after healing.
Since these scar lesions are inactive and non infectious, no treatment is required.
For your visa purpose we need to prove that these scar lesions are old, healed lesions and not due to active infection.
SFor this, you need to consult pulmonologist and get done clinical examination of respiratory system, CT thorax and bronchoscopy with BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis.
If all these are negative for active infection, you can argue with visa authority about having old,healed, non infectious lesions.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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How To Get Rid Of Scar On Lung?

Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. Not only pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia or lung trauma etc can also produce scar lesions after healing. Since these scar lesions are inactive and non infectious, no treatment is required. For your visa purpose we need to prove that these scar lesions are old, healed lesions and not due to active infection. SFor this, you need to consult pulmonologist and get done clinical examination of respiratory system, CT thorax and bronchoscopy with BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis. If all these are negative for active infection, you can argue with visa authority about having old,healed, non infectious lesions. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.