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Dear Lybrate user, any new infection should be immediately reported to your treating Doctor.
Since your Swelling is painful, it may be due to infection.
Wishing you speedy recovery.

Joint pains can a side effect of TB medicines. You need to get RFT, uric acid and LFT and need to be examined for ear toxicity and nerve related side effects due to TB medicines.

Yes surely. Best wishes.

Mr. lybrate-user Bhushan, Thanks for the query.
Treatment for tuberculosis should be taken under the guidance of the physician who has prescribed it, particularly for dosage details. Secondly usual duration is a minimum of six months.
Since he also has diabetes, hypertension and hypothyroidism, it is essential to achieve a strict blood glucose control with fasting closer to 100 mg, PP <170 mg & HbA1c% 7. Plus Hypothyroidism also should well controlled. So also his BP too. Thanks.

Greetings lybrate-user,
akurit-4 for 2 months followed by akurit -3 for 4 months is the recommended regimen for drug sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis. Total course of 06 months.

Helllo Gulafsha... it is better to consult and take proper homoeopathic treatment for permanent solution... You can consult me at lybrate.

Please speak to then docitr who has done bronchoscopy and discuss causes for the same. Reports and investigation will need to see them.

ideal is before breakfast but if that
produces anorexia, nausea,vomitting it can be taken after breakfast.

Complete report required and it may secondry infection also, wait for cbnatt and adv cbc, esr, sgpt, s bilirubin and blood sugar f, uric acid level also contd akurit as per body weight.

Total treatment is 6 months in most cases. AKURIT 4 is to betaken for 2 months and them AKURIT3 for next 4 months.