Silicosis Radiology

Silicosis is a kind of occupational disease resulting from inhalation of silica dust, which is marked by scarring or inflammation of nodular lesions. Individuals with silicosis are often recommended chest physiotherapy in order to relieve bronchial mucus drainage. Symptoms of chronic silicosis may include persistent cough, dyspnea, fatigue, chest pain, weight loss, rapid breathing and fever.

Silicosis is a kind of occupational disease resulting from inhalation of silica dust, which is marked by scarring or inflammation of nodular lesions. Individuals with silicosis are often recommended chest physiotherapy in order to relieve bronchial m ... More

Health Q&A
Regarding pneumonia vaccine

My mother who is having cough variant asthma, BP, diabetes, cholesterol took Prevanar 13 vaccine in july 2025 under doctor supervision. Is it recommended to take Prevanar 23 after an year. And when should be the next of Prevanar 13 taken? Kindly sugges

BIPAP machine recommendation

My father had pain in right leg and he was unable to move. We took him to doctor in hospital where the doctor asked to get him admitted as it can be a case stroke I don't know why We got him admitted on 1st july they did an MRI and said it is normal Now they said the oxygen level is dropping so they transferred him in MICU Now on 7th july they told us to buy or rent an BIpap machine along with an oxygen cylinder and to hire a caretaker Now i have some doubts Whether they got him admitted because the patient is a retired pensioner and everything is covered under insurance The hospital just started a caretaking service are they promoting it And how do i make sure whether a bipap machine is necessary or not because he had no breathing issues before getting admitted Please help me if anyone can

Routine lungs test

Hello! I am planning to get some tests done for lungs. Apart from X-ray, should I go for just PFT or Spirometry as well? This will be a routine checkup. I do get shortness of breath from time to time. Thanks

Latent tb treatment required?

I am 37 and live in the usa since 2010. Born and broughtup in India and visit India every year. Recently i got tested (blood) for TB for my green card application and to my surprise it turned out to be positive. I have no symptoms. Then they checked my xray which was normal. So the doctor said that i seem to be having latent tb. 1 in 10 people having this condition can later develop active tb and hence i should consult a specialist and start preventive treatment. What should be done next? I should take treatment or not and i have heard the side effects of medicines can be gruesome I have thyroid. Except that no other problem.

Chest xray

Previous week I have cold after that I have phlegm with blood last 2 days the phlegm colour brown sometime brown sometime white ao I do x ray what was in the report? What happen?

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