Question 1

Where does Dr. Lavina Mirchandani practice?

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Dr. Lavina Mirchandani practices at Mangal Nursing Home - Santacruz West.

Question 2

What is Dr. Lavina Mirchandani's education qualification?

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Dr. Lavina Mirchandani has the following qualifications - MBBS, MD - Pulmonary Medicine, DNB - Respiratory Diseases, Diploma in Hospital Administration.

Question 3

What does Dr. Lavina Mirchandani specialises in ?

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Dr. Lavina Mirchandani specialises as Pulmonologist.

Question 4

How many years of experience does Dr. Lavina Mirchandani have?

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Dr. Lavina Mirchandani has an overall experience of 31 years. View where has Dr. Lavina Mirchandani practiced in the past.

Question 5

Who is Dr. Lavina Mirchandani?

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Dr. Lavina Mirchandani is a Pulmonologist in Santacruz West, Mumbai and has an experience of 31 years in this field. Dr. Lavina Mirchandani practices at Mangal Nursing Home in Santacruz West, Mumbai and Mangal Nursing Home in Santacruz West, Mumbai. She completed MBBS from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in 1988,MD - Pulmonary Medicine from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in 1991 and DNB - Respiratory Diseases from DNB board, New Delhi in 1994.. View more details about the doctor on Practo.

Question 6

What is a Pulmonologist?

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A doctor who is specialized in diagnosis and treatment of respiratory system diseases is called as pulmonologist. The respiratory system include the airway (all organs that carry air to lungs from body's outside environment), the lungs and the muscles for respiration.

Question 7

What type of respiratory problems can a Pulmonologist treat?

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Pulmonologists can treat lung or airway inflammation, blocked lung airways, damage to lung alveoli and lung diseases occurred due to inhalation of dust chemical or smoking, genetic diseases of the lung like cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, asthma, bronchitis.

Question 8

When do you need to visit a Pulmonologist?

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You should visit a pulmonologist if you are facing breathing difficulties, having cough from a long time, have blood or mucus in cough, sudden weight loss due to unknown reasons and have severe breathing problem while doing daily activities or exercising.

Question 9

What tests wil a Pulmonologist do for a check up?

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Pulmonologists will perform different tests depending up on your problem. These may include CT scan, chest ultrasound, chest X-ray, pulse oximetry test, pleural biopsy, bronchoscopy (to examine airway), breathing test (pulmonary function test) to check functioning of lungs and sleep study to detect sleep disorder.

Question 10

What is the difference between a Pulmonologist and chest surgeon?

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Pulmonologists will diagnose and treat respiratory system related disorders but if you are having a serious lung disease then you will be referred to chest surgeon to remove affected lung part or for a lung transplant.

Dr. Lavina Mirchandani

Santacruz West, Mumbai

Mangal Nursing Home

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