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hi my 3yr old daughter has been ill for some time now she has had a persistant cough since october 2010 and has been ill since january2011 with high temperature, cold and the cough shes so worn out and has lost weight, a xray shown a small shadow on her right lung now im really worried as i have to wait to be refered to a specialist with her and not sure how long that will take, i just feel shes being dosed up with medicine constantly but with no affect, shes been yet again perscribed another antibiotic as from yesterday but am now struggling to get them in her as there makin her feel sick and i think shes had enough of takin them, please help
Your child should thoroughly investigated to rule out for Tuberculosis as persistent cough ,loss of weight.Please do sputum AFB and Mantoux test.Other cause would be pneumonia.
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What Could The Lung Shadow Be?
Your child should thoroughly investigated to rule out for Tuberculosis as persistent cough ,loss of weight.Please do sputum AFB and Mantoux test.Other cause would be pneumonia.