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How To Remove White Scar In Lungs?
hi doctor samuel
myself aaiman,
i have a small white scar on my lungs when i did my medical test.i dont have any past tb problem.nor i am ill.i want to remove this scar.as this is not allowing me to travel for work in gulf country.please i need your help an plz reply
myself aaiman,
i have a small white scar on my lungs when i did my medical test.i dont have any past tb problem.nor i am ill.i want to remove this scar.as this is not allowing me to travel for work in gulf country.please i need your help an plz reply
Wed, 7 Oct 2015
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Scar tissue in lungs is permanent.
It will remain same and will be seen as it is life long.
Since it is not a disease or infection, no treatment is available or required for it.
For your visa problem, we need to prove that this lesion is inactive and non infectious.
And for this you need to consult pulmonologist and get done
1. CT thorax with Contrast
2. Bronchoscopy with BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis.
If both these are negative for infectious disease than you can definitely argue with visa authority about not having active, infections disease and your lesion on x ray is old, healed, inactive scar lesions.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Scar tissue in lungs is permanent.
It will remain same and will be seen as it is life long.
Since it is not a disease or infection, no treatment is available or required for it.
For your visa problem, we need to prove that this lesion is inactive and non infectious.
And for this you need to consult pulmonologist and get done
1. CT thorax with Contrast
2. Bronchoscopy with BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis.
If both these are negative for infectious disease than you can definitely argue with visa authority about not having active, infections disease and your lesion on x ray is old, healed, inactive scar lesions.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
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