Chest & Breathing Problems
Time for lung cancer development
I really really need to know this 🙏 please reply
Squamous Cell Carcinoma takes 8 years to reach 30 mm in size.. How much time does moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma take to develop?
Also can I have lung cancer even if I have no tumor in my lung?
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Persistent cough n cold
39y old lady has persistent cough n cold since more than one month. She also complains of breathlesness and chest pain many times. 3 rounds of antibiotic course taken, no respite.
Blood test report and xray done yesterday are attached.
Ecg was done last month. Says LEAD OFF (V6), SINUS TACHYCARDIA, LOW T WAVE (V3, V5). Unable to attach report here.
Please guide on to why the infections are not going and if there is anything serious to be concerned.
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Chest pain, gas and rapid weight loss
I am experiencing radip weight loss (81.2kg on Jan 1st to 73.3 on 26th Jan) and also nerve pull pain in chest. I did all the test like ECG, Echo, CT scan and Xray and nothing was daignoised. Few days it was fine but now i have gas, chest pain, cough, headache and rapid weight loss. Also, i get tried easily and has night sweat one day and palpitation too. what should be the reason and next course of action.
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New lesions are showing after 1 yr AKT4
He is TBM patient. Having brain and spine tb. Improving stage in MRI. ( it's reducing in recent MRI)
M-TB : detected very low. ( in gene xpert).
Rifampicin: not resistance
Isoniazid: not resistance
( checked on 11th July 2022, 21st Jan 2023).
But new lesion is showing in lymph node in throat. That is detected now.
Beginning of treatment streptomycin taken for 2 months.
Currently medication:
Rifampicin 600
Isoniazid 300
Pyrzinnamide 1250
Ethumbutol 800
Pyridoxine 100
Is it serious that new lesion is showing after 1 yr treatment? Currently I am under att treatment.
Please guide me. 🙏
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Wheezing cough
My daughter six years old suffering from wheezing cough past one year..we consulted pulmonologist and he suggested to give sereflo Inhaler for six months.. Dosage reduced gradually.. Now sixth month giving one puff at night only.. after starting inhaler treatment cough was reduced.. No vomit and all.. For the past three days it was severe.. continuous cough with vomit..we gave levolin inhaler as prescribed by Dr.. What's the reason for this . Still giving inhaler at night .6 months course not yet completed.. Please advice . How to cure this permanently?
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Biopsy Report
My 69 year mother biopsy report came
SPECIMEN Cores from right lung lesion
Sample - Tissue
BLOCK NO. MHO/HP/174/23
Sample - Tissue
GROSS APPEARANCE:
Sample - Tissue
3 linear tissue, largest measure 1.5 cm. All embedded.
MICROSCOPIC FEATURES:
Sample - Tissue
Section shows moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with acinar pattern.
IHC carried out on block 174/23 shows the lesional cells are positive for TTF1 and are negative for
ALK1(D5F3,Ventana) and ROS1(SP 384,Ventana)
Please tell me what is the Result? Is this curable?
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Biopsy Report
Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma in lung biopsy report of 69 year old woman..
Is this lung cancer?
Is this curable? Will chemo be required?
In pet scan there was no metastasis..
The size of tumor is 3.2 cm
Patient has no symptoms other than back pain and mild coughing
Please tell me 🙏
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Chest complications
My mom is 48 yrs old in 2020 suddenly one night pain started in her right chest pain was much we went to doctor he done CT and report comes with pleural effusion of right chest, doctor give her medication the chest water has shrink after 5,6 months she now she is continuously taking other medicines, but she not completely good that was before effusion, Doctor said she has some scars of effusion and it will stay always, doctor always done spirometer breathing test and makes a report"early small airway disease" and doctor said she has some blockages in air pathway . I want to know what this small airway disease, is asthma or COPD , please help us to describe the disease.
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Blood in sputum in morning
I had fever last week and cough for about 3 days... past three days i am getting blood in sputum un mrng for some 5 10 mins and after that no blood... occanional cough is still there... is there anything to be worried..: i have attached my chest xray and cbc ... please suggest
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Lymph node swelling
I am a TBM patient.. last 1 yr 3 month , i am taking AKT4.
When treatment started i had severe headache and back ache.
Bilateral psoas abcess ( left side 4 ml and right side 125 ml) was there in D3 -D4. After taking 6 months medication and intial 2 months streptomycin left side reduced to null and right side abcess 70ml apporx. Meanwhile bone biopsy done and
MTB dettected
Rifampicin : sensitivity indeterminant.
After 3 month again, spine abcess aspiration done.
Xpert test: MTB detected very low. And sensitivity to all 1st line treatment.
Same culture again we did after 3 months,
Xpert test: MTB detected vsry low. And sensitivity to all 1st line.
There is improvement clinically and radiologically. Weight increased to normal weight( 59kg). Now i am able to walk to proeprly.
But lymphnode throat area are swelled. We did pus aspiration and culture was MTB postive and senstive to1 st line. ( after 1 yr 2 month ATT treatment).
current : rif 600 iso300 pza 1250 eth 800 pyro 100
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