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Home Health Query Pulmonology/ Respiratory Medicine I've been taking antibiotics for a couple of weeks...

Male
23 Years
22/01/2025

I've been taking antibiotics for a couple of weeks, and I noticed the lung nodule looks smaller in my recent CT scan from last month. Does this mean it's more likely to be benign rather than malignant? And should I continue with antibiotics to see if the nodule disappears completely? Any idea how long that might take?

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Dr Dr Khaleel Ur Rahim

General Practitioner

MBBS
1+ Yrs

it might be infected beingn nodule

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