I'm really concerned about my recent CT scan report. It's a post-COVID report showing signs of lung fibrosis. Could you help me understand what this means? I'm anxious to know more about the implications and what steps I should take next.

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Dr Ibrahim Salah

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Pulmonologist opinion is advised to the patient.

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I'm having trouble with chest congestion every time I catch even a small cold or cough. It gets really tough because it leads to wheezing, and sometimes, taking a deep breath actually causes a bit of pain in my chest. I'm looking for advice on how to tackle this long-term. Can you help me out with this?

Budesonide 200mcg rota inhaler is advised to the patient whenever episodes of breathing difficulty.

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I've been dealing with this annoying dry cough, allergy symptoms, and asthma. I'm wondering if it's okay to take doxycycline with lactic acid bacillus capsules and also those levocetirizine montelukast tablets? Would they help with what I'm going through?

Levocetirizine + Montelukast (Anti-Allergy Combination)

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I'm dealing with mediastinal lymph node TB and I was wondering about my situation. I've been through CECT and EBUS, and the size was initially 7cm x 3cm. I used to have a fever, but thankfully that's gone now. However, I'm still coughing quite a bitaround 15 to 20 times a day. I've been on treatment for three and a half months, and my doctor told me it would be an eight-month-long process. Is this typical? I'm currently abroad, so I'm trying to figure out when to repeat the CECT. We've already done it twice since we had to travel, but the size hadn't reduced two months ago. Can you give me some guidance on this?

repeat cect after 6 months

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