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I am a 23, female with a history of tb (during my high school at the age of 14-15) from the philippines. i just wanna ask if the scar will be seen if i took a chest x-ray this month? if yes, is there a way that the scarring will not be seen or cured?

Q: i am a 23, female with a history of tb (during my high school at the age of 14-15) from the philippines. i just wanna ask if the scar will be seen if i took a chest x-ray this month? if yes, is there a way that the scarring will not be seen or cured?

: Yes it would probably be seen if that was the primary lesion. sometimes these scars disapperar too. Therev is no way of telling which one's and who's. If you have no symptoms you're O. K.

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

Yes it would probably be seen if that was the primary lesion. sometimes these scars disapperar too. Therev is no way of telling which one's and who's. If you have no symptoms you're O. K.

Answered 7/23/2022

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A member asked:

I am a 23, female with a history of tb (during my high school at the age of 14-15) from the philippines. i just wanna ask if the scar will be seen if i took a chest x-ray this month? if yes, is there a way that the scarring will not be seen or cured?

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

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