I'm trying to understand the possible causes of a cavitary lung lesion and what diseases it might indicate. Can you help clarify which of these are contagious and which ones aren't? Are all lung-related diseases something I should be worried about spreading to others?

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Dr Ranjith Darla

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Why is my fever and cough getting worse after taking Akt4 for 13 days? My weight is 77 kg, and my CECT report shows multiple small necrotic mediastinal and left hilar nodes due to Koch's. The FNAC report says MTB DNA is detected, and the Gene Xpert report couldn't determine Rifampicin susceptibility because there was very low MTB DNA. Is this normal? I'm really worried. When will the fever go away?

fever will go in 1 week

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I'm really worried about my friend. She's been suffering from shortness of breath and finds it hard to breathe through her nose. The thing is, she's only 15 and sometimes she also gets chest pain with it. It's been happening quite a lot. Can you please suggest what might be going on or what we should do?

She might be suffering with Bronchial ASTHMA ,needs evaluation,visit Pulmonologist for the same and appropriate management

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My mom's 53 and she's got diabetes and this dust allergy thing going on. She randomly got short of breath today and couldn't talk, which panicked us a bit. She usually gets mild asthma when she's near dust, but today it hit out of nowhere with no dust around. After taking Asthalin, she felt better. I'm curious about what could've triggered this sudden asthma attack without being around dust, and is it okay for her to use Asthalin every day?

when symptoms exacerbated take asthalin

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