My mom has a scar on her lungs. Her work environment is safe but she used to be a chain smoker. She stopped smoking a few months ago. Her doctor said it could either be cancer or tuberculosis. She has to go through more tests before the doctor could identify it. But her doctor already gave out the choices.. A) cancer or B) tuberculosis... Cancer runs through the family. What causes this and and how do we cure or prevent it to turning into a life-threatening illness?
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Wheter it's a cancer ot TB, I suggest you to pray. Miracle does happen. May GOD hear your prayer. Amen
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Your doctor wasn't very fair to your mom. He had no business giving her a choice like that unless she misunderstood him. In the first place many people have tuberculosis scars on their lungs, especially older people. A cancer wouldn't leave a scar but would be an active sore and should be checked immediately. I can only say good luck to you.
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Many things can cause cancer. But if can make a layman's guess, chain smoking could be a likely prospect.
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Cancer is caused by a series of genetic mutations in your own cells - they stop listening to the signals the body sends and grow on their own. Cigarette smoke causes a lot of these changes - as do other things like chemicals, coal dust and radiation. If your mother already has cancer, there isn't much she can do about it now. She's stopped smoking and that's the most important thing. Now you'll have to see what kind of cancer it is and how far it's spread before you can evaluate your options. Chemotherapy or radiation are usually important and depending on how advanced the cancer is, she has a decent chance of surviving it. Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infection that is relatively treatable. Between the two, you should hope it's TB.
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Unfortunately it's hard to say. The fact that the doctors need to do more tests means that the X-ray couldn't give a definite answer. If the scarring is due to TB it's most likely to be an old change. Even if it is active, there are effective treatments for it. However, if it is cancer there isn't much that can be done to prevent it getting worse. Cancer can be caused by enviromental factors or smoking. Once it's developed it cannot be reversed. The further tests and scans will determine what stage it is. If early it could be cured (again depending on the type of cancer). This is why no defininte answer can be given without the necessary tests. I hope she'll be fine.
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There is nothing that you can do now except get treatment for whichever disease process it turns out to be. It can't be prevented, as its already one or the other, according to the doctor. Both conditions will show the same sometimes on an xray, as shadows. Now the doctor must test to find out if its scar damage from tuberculosis or a cancerous area in the lung. Just help her through it and be there for her. COWBOY........The doctor didn't do anything cruel. He gave her the two things that it could be and will tell her for sure after more tests.
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Take silicon water daily twice a tablespoon for couple of years and all cancer will disappear.
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Lung scarring can result from a variety of infections, Occupational exposures; environmental exposures, and pulmonary diseases. Causes of lung scarring include pneumonia, lung infections, cystic fibrosis, asbestosis, silicosis and sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. Excessive lung scarring can lead to thickening and stiffening of the lung tissue which can make breathing more difficult. Scar tissue can also be a result of damage due to cancer. 1) Pulmonary Fibrosis -Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease causing inflammation and fiber-like scarring of the alveoli (air sacs) and interstitial tissues of the lungs. 20 Asbestosis- can cause lung scarring and lung cancer 3) Sarcoidosis. 4) Pleural thickening 5).For the past 7 decades, scars have been thought to play a causal role in lung cancer because lung cancers often arise in proximity to scar tissue. 6) Interstitial lung disease (ILD)- Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is a general term that includes a variety of chronic lung disorders. When a person has ILD, the lung is affected in three ways. First, the lung tissue is damaged in some known or unknown way. Second, the walls of the air sacs in the lung become inflamed. Finally, scarring (or fibrosis) begins in the interstitium (or tissue between the air sacs), and the lung becomes stiff. Fibrosis, or scarring of the lung tissue, results in permanent loss of that tissue's ability to transport oxygen 7) Connective tissue or collagen diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis 8) Hematological diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosis, 9) Rheumatoid arthritis 10) Dermatomyositis, 11) Polymyositis, 12) Sjogren's syndrome 13) Sarcoidoisis 14) Scleroderma 15) Genetic/familial 16) COPD- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Other diseases that can cause pulmonary fibrosis: Tuberculosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosis Systemic Sclerosis Grain handler's lung Mushroom worker's lung Bagassosis Detergent worker's lung Maple bark stripper's lung Malt worker's lung Paprika splitter's lung Bird breeder's lung Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Infections. These include viral infections such as cytomegalovirus Radiation therapy Drugs-chemotherapy drugs, medications used to treat heart arrhythmias and other cardiovascular problems, certain psychiatric medications, and some antibiotics. Fibrosis or scarring in the lungs may increase the risk for lung cancer Corticosteroids are the drugs which are usually administered in an attempt to stop the inflammation and thus stop the progression of the disease
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