My mom was diagnosed with tuberculosis last year and after nine months of medicine, she's finally tested negative, which is such a relief. There was also a suspicion of ILD before she got TB, but no treatment was started for that because the focus was on the TB. Now that TB is under control, her chest HRCT was done. I'm sending it over for you to take a look. Can you give me some advice on her health and what the next steps should be for her treatment?

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Dr Ranjith Darla

General Practitioner

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3+ Yrs

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Suspected ILD, review with CT chest report with pulmonologist is advised to the patient.

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Answered 04/07/2025

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