The patient has breathing difficulty and is coughing up blood. What should be done?

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Thanks for the query. I can understand your concern. According to your statement, you have been suffering from difficulties breathing, productive cough with phlegm, and blood. Your HRCT (high resolution computed tomography) of the chest has shown a mass-like consolidation in the right lower lobe with surrounding ground-glass densities, suggestive of bronchial carcinoma. Your COVID-19 test is negative; the MRB gene expert test is negative. Usually, mass-like consolidation may result from pneumonia caused by viruses, bacteria or yeast infection, bronchial carcinoma, TB (tuberculosis), etc. It would help if you underwent CT (computed tomography) guided FNAC (fine needle aspiration cytology) or biopsy from the right lower of the lung may confirm the exact underlying causes for consolidation and then treat them accordingly. Your physical history of previous diseases, symptoms of night sweats, weight loss, fever, etc. also very important. Take care. I hope I have answered the questions. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Welcome back to icliniq.com. Thanks for joining us again. For confirming the diagnosis, computed tomography (CT) guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) or biopsy is needed. Please consult with the physician; he can refer to the higher center where it is available. Yes, do as your doctor wants. By bronchoscopy, he can check the lungs inside, and if possible, he can collect biopsy from the lesion, so do everything according to your doctor's advice. Here, oxygen saturation is not so important. Firstly, the diagnosis of disease should be done and then treat them accordingly. Without proper diagnosis, treatment is not possible. In case of any other query, ask me.