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Pulmonary tuberculosis

2017-06-08 05:57:09
I have a recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis. ct chest palin says so. i had this 2 years ago. but my dr says it is not TB but scarring of earlier TB only and has given some medicines. is it TB again.
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Hello.. Well once you take medications for TB and you have secondary changes it quite possible that the same lesions have scarred up and seen in the CT like that...I dont think you have to worry...you can go ahead with the PCR test if you feel so much..thank you

Answered2017-06-10 16:14:36

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