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What Is The Permanent Treatment For Expectoration In Chest?
Hi,
This gopi i am facing few years expectoration(flum) in my chest and Having flum heavily and i want to split every time it is different to normal flum it look in white color and when i take treatment it giving temporary relief not permanently. please advise to my problem.
This gopi i am facing few years expectoration(flum) in my chest and Having flum heavily and i want to split every time it is different to normal flum it look in white color and when i take treatment it giving temporary relief not permanently. please advise to my problem.
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
We need to first find out the cause for your symptoms. So that appropriate treatment can be started.
Bronchitis, chronic lung infection like tuberculosis, fungal infection etc and bronchiectesis can cause similar symptoms.
So better to get done
1. Clinical examination of respiratory system
2. Chest x ray and CT scan of thorax to rule out pneumonia and bronchiectesis.
3. Sputum examination for AFB for tuberculosis.
4. PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) for the diagnosis of bronchitis.
Treatment of all these conditions are different, so we need to first diagnose and than start appropriate, effective treatment.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
I can understand your concern.
We need to first find out the cause for your symptoms. So that appropriate treatment can be started.
Bronchitis, chronic lung infection like tuberculosis, fungal infection etc and bronchiectesis can cause similar symptoms.
So better to get done
1. Clinical examination of respiratory system
2. Chest x ray and CT scan of thorax to rule out pneumonia and bronchiectesis.
3. Sputum examination for AFB for tuberculosis.
4. PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) for the diagnosis of bronchitis.
Treatment of all these conditions are different, so we need to first diagnose and than start appropriate, effective treatment.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
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