Chest X-ray Showing Residual Fibrosis In Right Upper Lung. What Does It Mean?
hi! i got my chest x-ray result last week and it says IMPRESSION: RESIDUAL FIBROSIS, RIGHT UPPER LUNG what does it mean and i already had complete the six months treatment right before i have my chest x-ray. Should i continue the six months treatment to make sure that there is no more residual fibrosis anymore..tnx and God Bless!!
Residual upper lobe fibrosis is a main complication of completely recovered from Lung tuberculosis
As you have said you have completed six months of treatment of tb , it means all the tb which mostly lives in upper lobes have been killed
and when tb dies it leaves fibrosis , meaning non lung substance
you cannot prevent it as it is inevitable even with anti tb drugs though steroids use in start or may be even now can prevent fibrosis but not completely
newer drugs lare under study but not in market yet
keep happy that you get rid of tb , evercise , juices , hilly areas will make it better and you wont feel anything about that lung fibrosis
hope this helps
take care
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Chest X-ray Showing Residual Fibrosis In Right Upper Lung. What Does It Mean?
hello Residual upper lobe fibrosis is a main complication of completely recovered from Lung tuberculosis As you have said you have completed six months of treatment of tb , it means all the tb which mostly lives in upper lobes have been killed and when tb dies it leaves fibrosis , meaning non lung substance you cannot prevent it as it is inevitable even with anti tb drugs though steroids use in start or may be even now can prevent fibrosis but not completely newer drugs lare under study but not in market yet keep happy that you get rid of tb , evercise , juices , hilly areas will make it better and you wont feel anything about that lung fibrosis hope this helps take care