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Suggest An Effective Treatment For Tuberculosis

hi my name is arvind i am from mumbai my mama is suffering from tuberclosis she is under treatment from 6 month bt still she is not able to recover water is removed from stomach and chest twice. . i have done all the test which ever is require bt i am nt understand ing wats the problm is???

Thu, 12 May 2016
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Hello Aravind, thanks for using Health care magic. by looking at the provided data i suppose patient was suffering from pleural tuberculosis( removing fluid from chest) but removed water from stomach does that mean Ascites?
details are not clearly mentioned as ascites occurs in abdominal tuberculosis and pleural tuberculosis is a different entity. if both occur in a same patient it is disseminated tuberculosis which commonly occurs in immuno compromised host.
kindly provide us with more details of diagnostic that were performed and what treatment she was taking so that we can help you with what to be done next.
normally for pleural or abdominal tuberculosis we start on 4 drug regimen and give it for 2 months and depending on response we may continue for 1 more month or change to 2 drug regimen for 4 months.
kindly provide us with more details... hope this helps
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Suggest An Effective Treatment For Tuberculosis

Hello Aravind, thanks for using Health care magic. by looking at the provided data i suppose patient was suffering from pleural tuberculosis( removing fluid from chest) but removed water from stomach does that mean Ascites? details are not clearly mentioned as ascites occurs in abdominal tuberculosis and pleural tuberculosis is a different entity. if both occur in a same patient it is disseminated tuberculosis which commonly occurs in immuno compromised host. kindly provide us with more details of diagnostic that were performed and what treatment she was taking so that we can help you with what to be done next. normally for pleural or abdominal tuberculosis we start on 4 drug regimen and give it for 2 months and depending on response we may continue for 1 more month or change to 2 drug regimen for 4 months. kindly provide us with more details... hope this helps