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Suggest Treatment For Fibrosis
Hello sir..I am 26 yrs old & i went for the medical test for the visa purpose which includes X-ray ... report says something like fibrosis... i have talked to my doctor he said it's a scar of some old infection which is called as fibrosis.. i had TB long time back... is there anything to worry about?? if yes kindly tell me what should i do further i am bit tensed kindly help...
Mon, 19 Jan 2015
Hi,
Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.
What are having is old healed tuberculosis.
Pulmonary tuberculosis -most often heals by fibrosis and calcification. Fibrosis is a sequel.
However there remains a risk of reactivation of old healed lesion.
The factors causing break-down of previously healed lesions are:
Malnutrition
Alcoholism
Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
Silicosis
Immuno-suppression (by disease or drugs)
Post-gastrectomy and jejunoileal bypass surgery
Chronic hemodialysis
Regards
Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D.
Mumbai
Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.
What are having is old healed tuberculosis.
Pulmonary tuberculosis -most often heals by fibrosis and calcification. Fibrosis is a sequel.
However there remains a risk of reactivation of old healed lesion.
The factors causing break-down of previously healed lesions are:
Malnutrition
Alcoholism
Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
Silicosis
Immuno-suppression (by disease or drugs)
Post-gastrectomy and jejunoileal bypass surgery
Chronic hemodialysis
Regards
Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D.
Mumbai
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