What to do if your chest hurts after you’ve been cured of tuberculosis?

Chest pain after the cure of tuberculosis should be considered whether the recurrence of tuberculosis, pleural adhesion, other diseases and other reasons, to take different measures. 1. Tuberculosis recurrence: when patients with tuberculosis recurrence, it will lead to chest pain, at this time, we should go to the hospital in a timely manner for follow-up, improve the chest radiographs, sputum to find tuberculosis bacilli and ppd test and other related examinations, if diagnosed as recurrence, but also timely and appropriate anti-tuberculosis treatment. 2. Pleural adhesion: when patients with tuberculosis cure, the damaged lung tissue will form fibrous cords, when it is adhered to the pleura, with the patient’s normal breathing movement, will produce a certain degree of pain, at this time you can take a deep breath exercise, local massage to reduce the pain, in addition, you can also symptomatically take some painkillers, such as acetaminophen and so on, to alleviate the pain. Conservative treatment effect is not good, the pain is more serious can consider surgical treatment. 3. Other diseases: clinically, there are some other diseases that can cause chest pain, such as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, esophageal disease, etc. At this time, we should go to the hospital in time to improve the electrocardiogram, myocardial enzymology, chest CT and other tests, to clarify the cause of chest pain. When chest pain symptoms occur in patients who have previously suffered from tuberculosis, they need to go to the hospital in time.