Question 1

Where does Dr. Swapnil Mehta practice?

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Dr. Swapnil Mehta practices at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital - Powai.

Question 2

What is Dr. Swapnil Mehta's education qualification?

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Dr. Swapnil Mehta has the following qualifications - DM - Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care Medicine, MD - General Medicine, MBBS.

Question 3

What does Dr. Swapnil Mehta specialises in ?

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Dr. Swapnil Mehta specialises as Pulmonologist, Critical Care Medicine.

Question 4

How many years of experience does Dr. Swapnil Mehta have?

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Dr. Swapnil Mehta has an overall experience of 20 years. View where has Dr. Swapnil Mehta practiced in the past.

Question 5

Who is Dr. Swapnil Mehta?

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Dr. Swapnil Mehta is a Pulmonologist,Critical Care Medicine and Sleeping Disorders Specialist at Dr. L. H. Hiranandani Hospital as a full time consultant. He completed DM - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 2017 and MD - Internal Medicine from PGIMS,Rohtak in 2012. He is a member of American College of Chest Physicians and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).. 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?

Accepted Answer

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.

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