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Asked for Male, 49 years old from Delhi
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Signs and symptoms of active TB include:
fever
coughing that lasts three or more weeks
coughing up blood
chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing
unintentional weight loss
fatigue
fever
night sweats
chills
loss of appetite
chest pain
shortness of breath
swollen lymph nodes
Diagnosis
For diagnosing TB a doctor will at first perform a physical exam. Using a stethoscope he listens to the sounds your lungs make when you breathe, and h...more
fever
coughing that lasts three or more weeks
coughing up blood
chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing
unintentional weight loss
fatigue
fever
night sweats
chills
loss of appetite
chest pain
shortness of breath
swollen lymph nodes
Diagnosis
For diagnosing TB a doctor will at first perform a physical exam. Using a stethoscope he listens to the sounds your lungs make when you breathe, and h...more
Asked for male, 43 years old from Varanasi
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TB Gold test is not diagnostic. It can be positive or sometimes negative but does npot confirm the diagnosis. Symptoms of intestinal TB are fever, loss of appetite, constipation/diarrhoea, pain and weakness. Sometimes, there are no symptoms and patient presents with intestinal obstruction.
Asked for male, 35 years old from Bangalore
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Hi Lybrate-user, Yes TB can be cured. The prerequisite is to take medicines regularly as adviced (daily or alternate day as per DOTS) without FAIL and long term. The duration is for minimum 6 months but can vary depending on the organ affected (bone TB and brain TB may be up to 1 year). Drug resistant TB is different. It requires treatment for 2 years and is slightly more difficult to cure.
However the symptoms get better usually before treatment is completed.
Yes TB can happen again onc...more
However the symptoms get better usually before treatment is completed.
Yes TB can happen again onc...more
Asked for male, 20 years old from Bilaspur
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If a person is having pulmonary tuberculosis than its safe to be away from kids till patient is asymptomatic.
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Cough for more than 2 weeks, loss of appetite, tiredness, low grade fever, blood in sputum - all these could be due to TB.
Asked for male, 34 years old from Hyderabad
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Hi!
You should me on anti tb drugs ( ATT) for about 9 months
To prevent your spread you must keep hand towel whenever you sneeze or cough.
Maintain good ventilation
Good diet
Good rest
Healthy and nutritious diet
Thank u.
You should me on anti tb drugs ( ATT) for about 9 months
To prevent your spread you must keep hand towel whenever you sneeze or cough.
Maintain good ventilation
Good diet
Good rest
Healthy and nutritious diet
Thank u.
Asked for male, 27 years old from Tiruvannamalai
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Tb means tuberculosis
it is a disease caused by a bacteria
hundred years ago, the disease was very common and around 40 percent of people affected by tb precautions against tb 1. Bcg vaccinations
2. Boiling milk 3. Immediate treatment which prevents spread of tb from person to person
treatment of tb
there are many drugs for treatment of tb
today 85 percent of people are totally cured within 6 months.
it is a disease caused by a bacteria
hundred years ago, the disease was very common and around 40 percent of people affected by tb precautions against tb 1. Bcg vaccinations
2. Boiling milk 3. Immediate treatment which prevents spread of tb from person to person
treatment of tb
there are many drugs for treatment of tb
today 85 percent of people are totally cured within 6 months.
Asked for male, 21 years old from Gurgaon
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You have to do sputum afb test and take medicines for rntcp section in your nearest government hospital.
Asked for male, 24 years old from Gwalior
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Hi
we should insist tb patients to wear mask. Otherwise we will get the infections when they are coughing. So we need to be cautious from the infection.
Regarding health check up, decided with health status of the patient.
we should insist tb patients to wear mask. Otherwise we will get the infections when they are coughing. So we need to be cautious from the infection.
Regarding health check up, decided with health status of the patient.
Asked for female, 21 years old from Anand
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Please Cough with or without expectoration sometimes with blood Weight loss, low grade fever Confirmed by investigations Avoid oily spicy and fast food, non veg food, processed food, rice Take proper treatment and proper high nutritious diet.
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