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Can i go abroad if my x-shows that my lungs have a residual fibrosis in my left upper lobes? this is a harm?

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Dr. Alvaro Aranda answered

Specializes in Pulmonology

No: But upper area fibrosis could come from axposure to tuberculosis ; other aerogens get test to be sure.

Answered 9/4/2017

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