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Suggest Treatment For Water Formation In Chest

My brother (Age-20) was admitted to RG KAR Hospital in July-2010 and completed the DOTS course as prescribed for 7 months. But now again X-ray confirms that water is being formed in his chest again. Kindly suggest what to do now also if there are any other GOVT. Hospitals specilized in TB in Kolkata, West Bengal.

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Raju Das

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Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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Hello!I can understand your concern. It is necessary to aspirate some of the collected fluid from the chest and analyse it . Once analysed with the battery of tests, the cause for the fluid collection (medically called pleural effusion) can be ascertained. Accordingly the appropriate treatment needs to be initiated. Though past history of TB increases the chance that this time too it could be TB again, but not necessarily so . So consult a pulmonologist and get treated appropriately . All the govt medical college hospitals in kolkata have a separate Pulmonary Medicine dept , where you can get to consult pulmonologists (doctors specialised in all chest diseases including TB). Wish your brother a speedy recovery . Hope my reply helps. Do drop in your valuable feedback.
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Suggest Treatment For Water Formation In Chest

Hello!I can understand your concern. It is necessary to aspirate some of the collected fluid from the chest and analyse it . Once analysed with the battery of tests, the cause for the fluid collection (medically called pleural effusion) can be ascertained. Accordingly the appropriate treatment needs to be initiated. Though past history of TB increases the chance that this time too it could be TB again, but not necessarily so . So consult a pulmonologist and get treated appropriately . All the govt medical college hospitals in kolkata have a separate Pulmonary Medicine dept , where you can get to consult pulmonologists (doctors specialised in all chest diseases including TB). Wish your brother a speedy recovery . Hope my reply helps. Do drop in your valuable feedback.