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For how long should azithromycin be taken for pneumonia? And what should be the dose for someone with 80 kgs of body weight?

Dr. Kunj Panwar89%(27 ratings)

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor o...read more

Pulmonologist•Delhi

Azithromycin should be taken for only 5 days according to guidelines for pneumonia however in certain other respiratory conditions the dose can be extended 500 mg once daily is a sufficient dose.

Asked for female, 20 years old from Patna

I am pallavi, 20 years old. I am taking medicine for tuberculosis since 18 march 2022. Now I am much better. My medicine is changed akurit 4 to akurit 3 on 10 may 22. I have to attend for physical test (running 1.6 km in 8 minute) for the job sss gd. Can I go for the physical test or not? Please suggest me.

Dr. Sneha Tirpude87%(26 ratings)

MBBS, MD - Pulmonary Medicine, DNB - Pul...read more

Pulmonologist•Pune

If you are practising for the test and your latest sputum report is negative for tb and chrst x ray shows improvement you can go.

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Health Query

Is it compulsory to eat eggs in tb with diabetes? Or there are other options for vegetarians which is supplement of eggs.

Dr. Prakhar Singh94%(9607 ratings)

MBBS, Basic Life Support (B.L.S), Advanc...read more

General Physician•Delhi

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
There is no special food that is required by a person with tb. A person with tb does not need special food, although they they should try and have a balanced diet.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.

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Asked for female, 25 years old from Meerut

From last one month first doctor suggested me to take akurit 4 (3 tablets) then after 5 days he suggested me to take ripe fd (2 tablets empty stomach) I ate it for 25 days. And now again he asked me to take akurit 4 (3 tablet) empty stomach with levoflox 500 mg (one time in a day) and some other medicines like olpred d 6 mg (steroid), benadon 40 mg one per day, megarol 2 times a day, oxyred 2 times a day, suffering from extra pulmonary tb (swollen lymph node in neck) please suggest if i'm going on the right path because I don't want my normal tb to become mdr case as it's too scary. And now i'm seriously so scared please help.

Dr. Kunj Panwar89%(27 ratings)

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor o...read more

Pulmonologist•Delhi

While it is not actually recommend to give levoflox without culture sensitivity done for tuberculosis drugs
if the symptoms are getting improved you can discontinue it after full 1 month.

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Asked for female, 25 years old from Meerut

My doctor giving me levoflox 500 along with akurit 4 for treatment of tb (outside lungs)(lymph node in neck) is this the right treatment.

Dr. Abhijeet Singh89%(65 ratings)

DM (Pulmonary & Critical care medicine),...read more

Pulmonologist•Delhi

Hiâ¦ you have lymph node tuberculosis. Is this your first episode or any relapse?â¦ tab akurit-4 4 tablets to be taken empty stomachâ¦ in my opinion levoflox is not indicated. Until there is some intolerance or hepatotoxicity associated with anti tuberculosis therapyâ¦ consult chest physician nearby.

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Asked for male, 25 years old from Meerut

Hello my name is kajal sharma, one month back I was diagnosed with tuberculosis which is outside lungs. I have a big lymph node with pus in this in my neck area. Doctor recommended me tablet ripe fd for tb treatment. This tablet includes all the 4 main salts in addition with vit b6. Dosage are isoniazid (150), pyrazinamide (750), ethambutol (400), rifampicin (225) pyridoxine 10 mg. Please tell me is it the right dose and treatment i'm getting right now. My size of lymph node and it's pain is increasing. Please help.

Dr. Abhijeet Singh89%(65 ratings)

DM (Pulmonary & Critical care medicine),...read more

Pulmonologist•Noida

Hiâ¦ 3 tablets of ripe fd kit should be taken together in fasting state as per your body weight â¦ otherwise you can switch to akurit 4 4 tablets all before breakfastâ¦ look for paradoxical phenomenon or drug resistanceâ¦if it is paradoxical phenomenon need to add oral steroids in tapering doses along with anti tuberculosis medicationsâ¦ better consult chest physician nearby. Get genexpert from lymph node aspirate. Get complete pus drainage.

Asked for male, 36 years old from Guwahati

I am a tuberculosis patient and in my 5th month of treatment. I am too skinny and weak. Will patanjali ashwagandha help me in gaining fat and in my tuberculosis treatment.

Dr. Pulak Mukherjee91%(13393 ratings)

BHMS

Homeopathy Doctor•Hooghly

Yes you can take ,along with this you need to take high protein daily, need to do proper homeopathic treatment for this purpose.

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Asked for male, 22 years old from Patna

I had completed my pulmonary tuberculosis course of 6 month but after 20 days I got reaction in my whole body it becomes red rashes but doctor advised me not to stop medicine as it will reduce with time but after 1 month I got problem in my thoracic spine bone. It's starting paining. I completed my course of 6 month att that is rifampicin isoniazid ethambutol and pyrazinamide. But the problem I got in spine that is hurting me till now. I want to know does tuberculosis spread in another organ in middle of treatment. And one more problem I eat a lot but weight is continuously decreasing. Why?

Dr. Abhijeet Singh89%(65 ratings)

DM (Pulmonary & Critical care medicine),...read more

Pulmonologist•Delhi

Hi. Seems to have involvement of lung and spine both due to tbâ¦ need to consult orthopedics/ neurologistâ¦ mri spine or whole body pet ct to look for other sites of involvementâ¦ could be drug resistant or paradoxical phenomenon or rule out any other alternative diagnosisâ¦in my opinion att to be continued for 9-12 months atleast. Rule out collection in spine. Consult doctor nearby. Thanks.

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Asked for male, 28 years old from Thane

9 months back, my mother was having 2 swelling seen in neck. We gone to doctor. Ent specialist. After several test like sonography, fnac it was detected as neck tb. There were total 5 in right neck with largest measuring 22 mm the doctor said to go with government medicines for tb. After 6 months course ,again sonography was done. All 5 were there size reduced with largest measuring 11 mm. Then again we were told to continue medicines for 3 months. In end of 8th month, my mother was not able to see properly. Blur vision. So we went to eye specialist, there 2 tests were done. One was for cornea and other for optic nerve damage .doctor said reports are normal and said it is due to tb medicine ethambutol. So he gave in writing to stop ethambutol. So we gone to government hospital to take medicines for for 9th month and told about blur vision. They gave 2 medicines. 1 was rifampicin and other was isoniazid. After taking for 1 month we did sonography again but now it showed lymph nodes swelling in left side also 3 to 4. And in right side largest measuring 10 mm. We told them government hospital. They told course is over. Now automatically it will go. Also vision will be clear. But it pains sometimes in neck. So they gave 1 month medicine rifampicin and isoniazid 1-1 tablet each day. They said treatment course is over but still swelling are there as in sonography. I am worried. Vision has improved slightly but not fully. Also do not know whom to ask ent or pulmonologist? please help.

Vandana Prabhu

MBBS, Diploma in Tuberculosis & Chest Di...read more

Pulmonologist•Bangalore

If 9 months of treatment is over, att should be stopped. In cervical tb lymphadenitis, the nodes in the neck may shrink/ enlarge or new nodes can appear on the other side, all happens during the course of treatment. This doesn't mean that att didn't work or tb wasn't cured. The nodes will eventually disappear, or tiny nodes may remain in the neck permanently.

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Asked for male, 26 years old from Muzaffarpur

My brother's ct scan report impression is as follow:-1) hypodense area with ct values of gliosis is seen in right temporal region. What does it mean?

Dr. Shobhit Tandon92%(3128 ratings)

MBBS, PG-Diploma In Clinical Pathology

General Physician•Sri Ganganagar

Gliosis, also called astrocytic gliosis or astrocytosis, is a common term that refers to the reactive astrocytic response to a brain injury or insult.

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