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Post TB bodily changes
After recovering from inactive TB by following a 6 month medicine course, my friend is now all fine and the doctor after having digital X-ray done, confirmed that he has fully recovered. Its been 6-7 years now since he has recovered. He is reaching the age of 35 now. Lately he has noticed that the right side of the body (from shoulder to waist) is a bit tilted, since right side of the lung was affected. Tilted in a way that when he stands still in attention position then the right shoulder looks clearly down as compared to the left shoulder. We can clearly notice in the pictures that we click with him. Is it a normal phenomenon after recovering from inactive TB ??
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Yes it happens due to post tuberculosis scaring
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kindly consult..it may be due to fibrosis/collapse
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Dr. Shruti Jain
Pulmonologist
8 yrs exp
Delhi
This might be because of lung fibrosis after healing of infection . Post your chest x-ray too
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Dr. Mallikarjun
Pulmonologist
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Mostly lung fibrosis post TB infection
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CT chest , PFT
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Can occur due to fibrosis of lungs. Pl do Lung exercises, and yoga, meditation and pranayama. Pl consult pulmonologist and orthopedic specialist for further evaluation and treatment.
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Dr. Rishi Dhar
Tuberculous and chest Diseases Specialist
5 yrs exp
Kolkata
It may be due to Post-TB fibrosis. But the term of "Inactive TB" is unclear.
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Needs detailed evaluation.
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Dr. Sivaraj Karri
Pulmonologist
10 yrs exp
Kakinada
It can occur due to post tb lung fibrosis
Have a consultation with xray and other reports
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