Tuberculosis Questions

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Lymph node (ln) tuberculosis (tb) is the commonest extrapulmonary type of tb. In spite of adequate treatment, recurrence or relapse occurs.
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You may need to be admitted to a hospital for 2 to 4 weeks to avoid spreading the disease to others until you are no longer contagious. Your doctor or nurse is required by law to report your tb illness to the local health department.
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A skin test (also called a mantoux test) is an injection of a tiny amount of tuberculin extract under the skin of your forearm. If you have been exposed to tb bacteria in the past, your skin can become raised and red, which can mean a positive result.
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Igra positive means you are infected with the tb bacteria but you are not diseased now only thing is you are at risk of getting the tb later so that’s why Dr. started treatment for latent tb infection with mono drug therapy. You should continue till 6 months with single drug isoniazid and tab banadon 40 mg once a day hopefully infection will be over soon. Hope for the best.

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Untreated active disease typically affects your lungs, but it can affect other parts of your body, as well. Tuberculosis complications include: spinal pain. Back pain and stiffness are common complications of tuberculosis.
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Untreated active disease typically affects your lungs, but it can affect other parts of your body, as well. Tuberculosis complications include: spinal pain. Back pain and stiffness are common complications of tuberculosis.
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If your sputum is negative and igra is positive means you are infected with tb bacteria but you are not having the disease tb, in this condition we call it latent tb infection so that’s why Dr. started the latent tb treatment with isoniazid and tab banadon 40 mg daily for 6 months.

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Small amounts of mucus in the stool is normal. However, if a person notices larger amounts of mucus in their stool, it may be a sign of of irritable bowel disease (ibd) or other medical condition. Research from 2020 states that mucus and mucus barriers in the gut are crucial in maintaining a person's gut health.
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Hi lybrate-user
thanks for the query. Based on your query, I recommend you see your doctor who prescribed you atd meds. He will adjust the dosage. Also, I would recommend you to take some liver protecting natural products that would help you to protect your liver.
Should you need to know more, you can contact me and I can give you more info on the same after a consultation.
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Dear lybrate-user ji
atd treatment should be taken in full especially in mdr cases as the chances of relapse is very high. Vomiting can be reduced once the dosage of medicine is adjusted by your physician.
Meanwhile, I can help you in the following manner:
1. Natural ayurvedic medicines to support your lungs and improve immunity.
2. Natural supplements that can help you to correct vitamin and other deficiencies that happen due to tb.
3. Diet and lifestyle changes to improve q...more