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Why Is Full Time Rest Recommended After Treated PTB?

hi :) i found this forum helpful, thanks for this :) anyways, i was just curious. i just wanna ask, i undergo 6months medication on PTB, negative sputums on it. after i finished medicine intakes (jan. 2014) after a month, i had my chest xray for pulmo clearance (i had my xray feb 2014) on apico lordotic view says there are infiltrates on left lobe compatible with PTB with undetermined activity i was still wondering, i response well on the medications, i gained weight, i take vitamins, full time rest, negative sputums, why is that? as a nurse friend explains its already a scar, does it mean the scar is not yet healed? or i have to undergo medication again? i know i should avoid stress, but when i am thinking of this i feel about depressed coz i really wanna be back to work. hope it could answer some of my curiosity i was worried because i feel im not okay still. thankyou
Fri, 11 May 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

When pulmonary TB (tuberculosis) healed it leaves a scar and it is permanent and will never go. There is no harm with a scar and is usually denoted by a band like structure.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Dr. Chandra Shekhar
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Why Is Full Time Rest Recommended After Treated PTB?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. When pulmonary TB (tuberculosis) healed it leaves a scar and it is permanent and will never go. There is no harm with a scar and is usually denoted by a band like structure. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Chandra Shekhar