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Suggest Treatment For Pleural Effusion
Dear Sir My Father is suffering from Plural Effusion for the past few months. We have taken him to different hospitals and the reason for Plural Effusion is unknown. We have taken all the relavant test and all the results are negative for TB and Cancer. We have drained the plural fluid few times but still there is no sign of stoppage. Now a tube has been attached to Lungs to drain the water. Since the reason is unknown the treatment is in effective. Is there any specilaist who can help in diagonisis ? I live in Chennai-TamilNadu, India
Mon, 3 Nov 2014
Thanks for your question on HCM.
In my opinion you should consult pulmonologist and get done pleuroscopy and biopsy.
Get done fresh CT thorax and plan cor pleuroscopy.
In chennai, many good hospitals are there. Go to apollo hospitals, they have dedicated team of pulmonologist.
Possibility in your case ir either drug resistant TB infection or mesothelioma.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
In my opinion you should consult pulmonologist and get done pleuroscopy and biopsy.
Get done fresh CT thorax and plan cor pleuroscopy.
In chennai, many good hospitals are there. Go to apollo hospitals, they have dedicated team of pulmonologist.
Possibility in your case ir either drug resistant TB infection or mesothelioma.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
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