Chest & Breathing Problems

Which test is most accurate in finding latent tb? Can mantoux test and sputum afb do the same?. I am in a doubt that i got infected from a friend who is under treatment of tb. I have no symptoms though, but i am worried.

Hello Dr. I am 27 years old weighting 72kg. I have belly. Can belly cause breathing difficulty? Because even in sitting position i feel breathing abnormal than without belly days. Thank you.

Pimple near breast and under arm it is painful and very smell comes from pimple it can not heal fast

I wanted to know if I would have taken tuberculosis BCG vaccine during my childhood. Is it a general practice in India to take it along with other vaccines. My parents also don't remember this that's why asking here Also, which test is recommended for TB: 1. Tuberculin Skin Test (TST), or 2. TB Blood test (Quantiferon)

I have been smoking cigarette from last two years,and I suddenly stopped it for 15 days and again after that I smoked for 2 days and having 5days gap between that 2 days totally a week and now i want to quit smoking,so that I stopped it and now from one week that i was smoked last now I was feeling like breathing problem and also sometimes pain in my heart like a deep pain(like pinning with needle) and what was the problem plz help me

Me and my friends visited a friend, she was diagonised with tb (she first got jaundice then typhoid malaria and then tb). She was hospitalised and she got discharge from hospital (as she was getting recovered), we met her after the discharge. Can i get infected by disease? Though she was wearing a mask all the time, she took it off just to eat something. Do i need to get any test done for assurance and when?

Me and my friends visited a friend, she was diagonised with tb (she first got jaundice then typhoid malaria and then tb). She was hospitalised and she got discharge from hospital (as she was getting recovered), we met her after the discharge. Can i get infected by disease? Though she was wearing a mask all the time, she took it off just to eat something. Do i need to get any test done for assurance and when?

Hi I have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea , my weight is around 100kgs. I have tried various things like dieting exercise to reduce weight. How do I treat I sleep apnea

I had a visit to a friend who was hospatilized for tb (he had typhoid,malaria and then tb). She is under treatment (gets injections and doses on time), I am worried will i also get the disease, she was wearing a mask while talking, she removed it for a while to eat fruits (did not remove it completely). Do i need to get any test done?

I've curred TB in 2013 but I've do some smoke since 1.5 years. Suddenly I've some blood with morning cough. Then I went AIIMS for all required test and process including DOTS test and all the require blood, alpha 1 antitrypsin level, HRCT Chest, 6 Blood reports, Xray. Then AIIMS Prof S. K. Sharma (HOD - Chest, AIIMS ) told me all OK and give me only told juniors for two medicines nomal painkillers and a health vimanin tablets (both are requested by me to sugget for my chest pain ). I just want to know Any body kindly suggest me is it all ok with these treatment suggestion because I'm suspecting they may be forgotten my some smoking facts (not regular or addiction). Kindly suggest me is all OK or not ? I've attached some imp 2 reports. Thank You Priytosh Kumar