Hello Doctor, we have a patient who is suffering from pain in the lungs,he has been bleeding from his mouth and has been advised to test his sputum. However, we are not sure what we should do. Kindly suggest what needs to be done and the best hospital in Bangalore for the treatment. Thanks, Puja
Hi. I can understand your concern. He is mostly having tuberculosis and will require evaluation with a chest x-ray blood test and sputum examination. It would be advisable to consult a pulmonologist at the earliest. Any organ can involve with TB. Pulmonary TB usually presents with chronic cough more than 2 weeks duration, loss of appetite, loss of weight, evening fever. If you are having pulmonary TB and have not taken treatment for TB before, then you will require 6 months of anti-TB medicines. Along with that you will require nutritional supplements. If taken regularly TB will be cured. Hope I have solved your query. Wish you good health. Thanks.