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Suggest Remedies For Painful, Enlarged And Swollen Lymph Node
Question: LHi
My wife diagnosed with lymph node TB 3 days back and start using Akt 4 medicine for two days but lymph node painful and enlargeing not controlled yet.
We have noticed one week back lymph node pain and enlargeing in left side however we have visited ENT specialist and she told us to do ultrasound and FNAC based on those report chest doctor told us it is TB.
Please suggest
When will control pain and enlargement of lymph node and how many weeks
My wife diagnosed with lymph node TB 3 days back and start using Akt 4 medicine for two days but lymph node painful and enlargeing not controlled yet.
We have noticed one week back lymph node pain and enlargeing in left side however we have visited ENT specialist and she told us to do ultrasound and FNAC based on those report chest doctor told us it is TB.
Please suggest
When will control pain and enlargement of lymph node and how many weeks
Brief Answer:
Few weeks to a few months.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
To recapitulate: Age not mentioned - Female - LN on left side pain and enlargement 1 week - ENT - USG and FNAC - diagnosed LN TB 3 days back - on AKT 4 - LN painful and enlargement not controlled - wants to know when would be control and how many weeks...
The enlargement and the pain is usually due to secondary infection in addition to the infection of TB hence I would suggest you hte following:
- To take a 1-2 weeks course of an antibiotic other than AKT and also add on an anti-inflammatory medicine.
- This will help the control of pain and swelling.
- TB medications work slowly and take about 3 weeks to a few months to show its results and hence the treatment schedule is of minimum 6 months.
- This is the period that may be taken for control of pain and enlargement.
- The another reason for slow regression is the nature of the lymph node hyperplasia that responds slowly and hence the need for a long treatment.
I hope this answers your query, please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
Few weeks to a few months.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
To recapitulate: Age not mentioned - Female - LN on left side pain and enlargement 1 week - ENT - USG and FNAC - diagnosed LN TB 3 days back - on AKT 4 - LN painful and enlargement not controlled - wants to know when would be control and how many weeks...
The enlargement and the pain is usually due to secondary infection in addition to the infection of TB hence I would suggest you hte following:
- To take a 1-2 weeks course of an antibiotic other than AKT and also add on an anti-inflammatory medicine.
- This will help the control of pain and swelling.
- TB medications work slowly and take about 3 weeks to a few months to show its results and hence the treatment schedule is of minimum 6 months.
- This is the period that may be taken for control of pain and enlargement.
- The another reason for slow regression is the nature of the lymph node hyperplasia that responds slowly and hence the need for a long treatment.
I hope this answers your query, please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
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