Sir,My mother is a patient of sugar and high blood pressure, she feels pain in left side of chest in e-xray,it is found that some miner fluid in left lung we are giving tb treatment DOTS to her but pain as it is pls tell me solution, her all test as lft kidny test etc. are normal
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Most common cause for pleural effusion is heart diseases. Congestive heart failure causes fluid over load and hence accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity. Her chest pain is not improving with anti tb Chat Doctor.  Since your mother is having diabetes and hypertension, we should first rule out heart failure as a cause for pleural effusion. So better to get done ECG and 2d echo first. If these are suggestive of heart disease then she will need diuretics and cardiac isotropic