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Does A Healed Scar On Chest X-ray Suggest TB?

I have never had TB since from my child hood.But my parent says i had cough and may be pnomunia when i was 2 months old.Now i am applying for working visa for UAE.my chest x-ray say a small old healed scar on my left lung.
Can it be a reason for my disqualification
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Yes, old, healed TB scar can be the reason for your visa rejection.
To avoid this rejection, we need to prove that these lesions on chest x ray are not active infectious lesions.
And for this, you need to consult pulmonologist and get done CT thorax with Contrast and bronchoscopy with BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis.
If both these are negative for tuberculosis than you can argue with visa authority about not having active, infectious disease and lesions on x ray are old, healed, inactive lesions.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Does A Healed Scar On Chest X-ray Suggest TB?

Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your concern. Yes, old, healed TB scar can be the reason for your visa rejection. To avoid this rejection, we need to prove that these lesions on chest x ray are not active infectious lesions. And for this, you need to consult pulmonologist and get done CT thorax with Contrast and bronchoscopy with BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis. If both these are negative for tuberculosis than you can argue with visa authority about not having active, infectious disease and lesions on x ray are old, healed, inactive lesions. So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. Hope I have solved your query. Wish you good health. Thanks.