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[|Human|] hi doctor my name is raj i m going to finish my tubrcluosis therapy for six months but my chest still showing the scars on the up side lungs . what but u recon it is still tb or i need to take more medication or i need to stop it .please tell me breifly thx
[|AI|]  Thanks for asking your question I completely understand your question actually healed lesion in tb is common, any disease or a wound inside lungs or inside body heals by stepwise manner, one step is fibrosis, so if the effected area has fibrosis and there is no clinical symptoms, or improved symptoms and weight gain and in sputum smear for AFB is negative you can easily stop ATT but if symptoms are still present like wt loss, fever, loss of appetite, no need to worry about but to finally rule out by chest X-ray, sputum smear for AFB. Consult a pulmonologists fibrosis is not indicative of active disease, confirmation is one by smear for AFB test thanks/ regards feel free to ask more questions may god bless you with good health