Question 1

Where does Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad practice?

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Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad practices at Manipal Hospitals - Electronics City.

Question 2

Why do patients visit Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad?

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Patients frequently visit Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad for Bronchoscopy, Thoracoscopy, Mediastinal Cryobiopsy. To see more reasons visit the doctor's profile on Practo.

Question 3

What is Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad's education qualification?

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Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad has the following qualifications - MD - Respiratory Medicine, Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology, DNB - Respiratory Diseases, 	MBBS.

Question 4

What does Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad specialises in ?

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Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad specialises as Pulmonologist, Interventional Pulmonology and Respiratory Emergency Specialist.

Question 5

How many years of experience does Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad have?

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Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad has an overall experience of 7 years. View where has Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad practiced in the past.

Question 6

Who is Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad?

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Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad is a Pulmonologist and Interventional Pulmonology and Respiratory Emergency Specialist in Electronics City, Bangalore and has an experience of 7 years in these fields. Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad practices at Manipal Hospitals in Electronics City, Bangalore. She completed MD - Respiratory Medicine from JSS University, Mysore in 2022,Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology from Yashoda Hospital , Hyderabad in 2026 and DNB - Respiratory Diseases from National Board of Examination (NBE) in 2022. She is a member of Karnataka Medical Council ,Indian Association of Bronchology and Indian Chest Society (ICS). Some of the services provided by the doctor are: Bronchoscopy,Thoracoscopy,Mediastinal Cryobiopsy,Cryosurgery or Cryobiopsy and EBUS (Endo Bronchial Ultra Sound) etc.. View more details about the doctor on Practo.

Question 7

What is a Pulmonologist?

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A doctor who is specialized in diagnosis and treatment of respiratory system diseases is called as pulmonologist. The respiratory system include the airway (all organs that carry air to lungs from body's outside environment), the lungs and the muscles for respiration.

Question 8

What type of respiratory problems can a Pulmonologist treat?

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Pulmonologists can treat lung or airway inflammation, blocked lung airways, damage to lung alveoli and lung diseases occurred due to inhalation of dust chemical or smoking, genetic diseases of the lung like cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, asthma, bronchitis.

Question 9

When do you need to visit a Pulmonologist?

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You should visit a pulmonologist if you are facing breathing difficulties, having cough from a long time, have blood or mucus in cough, sudden weight loss due to unknown reasons and have severe breathing problem while doing daily activities or exercising.

Question 10

What tests wil a Pulmonologist do for a check up?

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Pulmonologists will perform different tests depending up on your problem. These may include CT scan, chest ultrasound, chest X-ray, pulse oximetry test, pleural biopsy, bronchoscopy (to examine airway), breathing test (pulmonary function test) to check functioning of lungs and sleep study to detect sleep disorder.

Dr. Meghna Rai Prasad

Electronics City, Bangalore

Manipal Hospitals

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