Question 1

I've been a smoker for 6 years, but I quit cold turkey about 9 months ago. I'm really curious, are my lungs as healthy as someone who never smoked at all?

Accepted Answer

better then somkers

Question 2

I'm really concerned about this - can pulmonary TB come back after you've been treated successfully and your sputum test from a bronchoscopy is negative? Also, is it normal to sometimes feel a bit of pain in the lungs while breathing if you recovered...

Accepted Answer

Yes ,it can re-occur. Symtoms are normal.

Question 3

I've been having this nagging cough for a few days now, and it's not really getting better. It feels like I'm trying really hard to bring something up, but nothing's coming out. Plus, there's this chest pain that kicks in every time I cough or even w...

Accepted Answer

take tablet. zerodol twice a day for 5 days

Question 4

I've just finished my tuberculosis treatment earlier this April after nine months on medication, but then I caught COVID at the end of the month. Since then, I haven't had any COVID symptoms, and an HRCT showed no lung infections. However, I'm strugg...

Accepted Answer

take syrup ascoril and drink hot water

Question 5

I'm curious and a bit worried because I was diagnosed with TB back in July 2017, and while I've been clean for the last 3 months, the TB pretty much wrecked my left lung completely. There's no air flow or function left in it. My right lung has gotten...

Accepted Answer

Continue same treatment as advised by the physician.

Question 6

I'm a bit worried about the Budamate 200 mcg inhaler I've been using for the past five days as prescribed by my pulmonologist. Could it potentially lead to secondary infections, like black fungus? Just trying to understand the risks better.

Accepted Answer

Yes ,continue same treatment as advised by the pulmonologist.

I've been a smoker for 6 years, but I quit cold turkey about 9 months ago. I'm really curious, are my lungs as healthy as someone who never smoked at all?

I've been a smoker for 6 years, but I quit cold turkey about 9 months ago. I'm really curious, are my lungs as healthy as someone who never smoked at all?

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I'm really concerned about this - can pulmonary TB come back after you've been treated successfully and your sputum test from a bronchoscopy is negative? Also, is it normal to sometimes feel a bit of pain in the lungs while breathing if you recovered...

I've been having this nagging cough for a few days now, and it's not really getting better. It feels like I'm trying really hard to bring something up, but nothing's coming out. Plus, there's this chest pain that kicks in every time I cough or even w...

I've just finished my tuberculosis treatment earlier this April after nine months on medication, but then I caught COVID at the end of the month. Since then, I haven't had any COVID symptoms, and an HRCT showed no lung infections. However, I'm strugg...

I'm curious and a bit worried because I was diagnosed with TB back in July 2017, and while I've been clean for the last 3 months, the TB pretty much wrecked my left lung completely. There's no air flow or function left in it. My right lung has gotten...

I'm a bit worried about the Budamate 200 mcg inhaler I've been using for the past five days as prescribed by my pulmonologist. Could it potentially lead to secondary infections, like black fungus? Just trying to understand the risks better.

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