Hello doctor, i have a friend of mine and he is trying to go abroad but his chest x ray is showing calcification in left lower zone, left hilum and right upper zone and because of this he is rejected. i just want to know is there any treatment for this or can you do somethg to reduce it
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your friends situation and problem. Calcification on chest x-ray is suggestive of old, healed, non-active lesions. These are basically scar lesions from previous lung infection. They remain as it is life long. So for visa purpose, we need to prove that these lesions are not active infectious lesions. For these he needs to consult pulmonologist and get done CT thorax with Contrast and bronchoscopy and BAD (bronchoalveolar lavage). If both are negative for active infection, then he cannot argue with visa authority about not having active, infectious disease and his lesions of chest x-ray are old, inactive lesions. So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. Hope I have solved your. Wish you good health. Thanks.