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i just had my medical exam this day and the doctor found out in my xray results that i have this infiltrate in my upper left lobe suspicious to PTB...i will have my sputum test next wee, i would like to ask if there is any first aid that i can do so that my sputum will be negative?
Tue, 29 Apr 2014
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You should not worry about taking any first aid to make your sputum negative. PTB is categorized based on many criteria and sputum positive is one of them. Being sputum negative will not mean the disease is absent and if you are diagnosed as PTB you have to take complete treatment. There are many patients who are sputum negative and still have the disease.
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You should not worry about taking any first aid to make your sputum negative. PTB is categorized based on many criteria and sputum positive is one of them. Being sputum negative will not mean the disease is absent and if you are diagnosed as PTB you have to take complete treatment. There are many patients who are sputum negative and still have the disease.
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