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Is My Mom Suffering From Lung Fungus?

Hi, my mum has cough for more than 25yr and chest pain sometime cough blood loso of weight befor she went to the hospital they said it was tb she was in therapy tb drugs that cuold work later they it was lung fungus chest exry look mikish can i bay for antifungus drugs
Thu, 30 Jul 2015
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Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your mother's situation and problem.
Your mother is having chronic lung infection.
Tuberculosis and fungal infection are common cause for this. She is also having weight loss despite of tuberculosis treatment.
So possibility of fungal infection is more.
For this, she needs to get done sputum fungal culture and sensitivity. Culture report will isolate the causative fungus and sensitivity report will guide us about effective antifungal drugs.
Another possibility is drug resistant tuberculosis.
So don't start antifungal drug without proper investigations.
Consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.
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Is My Mom Suffering From Lung Fungus?

Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your mother s situation and problem. Your mother is having chronic lung infection. Tuberculosis and fungal infection are common cause for this. She is also having weight loss despite of tuberculosis treatment. So possibility of fungal infection is more. For this, she needs to get done sputum fungal culture and sensitivity. Culture report will isolate the causative fungus and sensitivity report will guide us about effective antifungal drugs. Another possibility is drug resistant tuberculosis. So don t start antifungal drug without proper investigations. Consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. Hope I have solved your query. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.