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Cough since 2 weeks
My sister had typhoid and after that she devloped cough, it's not very frequent but she cough mostly in the night part. I had a xray of her today. She's having burness in stomach when she takes any antibiotics
My sister is 20 year old and 43kgs
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X- Ray is abnormal? Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
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Consult online for proper evaluation and treatment.
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I think she needs detailed evaluation, reasons being
1. Her immuno compromised state may lead to tb as India is endemic
2. Typhoid per se can have extraintestinal manifestation in lungs
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- sputum AFB and Gene xpert if negative, definitely need urgent evaluation
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- take antacid like pan 40 mg OD/omeparazole 20mg BD half hour before meals as long as antibiotics are consumed
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Xray is suggestive of tuberculosis..do a sputum AFB and Gene Xpert...and consult pulmonologist..
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
The xray shows infection. May be Tuberculosis. Pl do sputum for Afb and sputum for cb not. Also do sputum for pyogenic group of organisms. Pl consult Pulmonologist online with all the reports and treatment taken.
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