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How To Treat TB?

i m 21 years i was diagnosed tb in lung 8 months back ...i was taking fore dregs for 4 months and 3 drugs for next 4 months now i m dignosed lymphnode tb positive my pural effussion is decresed its just small remaining...and now i have gone through incision and dranage for lymphnode tb....wht drugs should i take i continew with same or change
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Hello, Thanks for using Healthcaremagic. i had gone through the data you have posted. so according to your description when you were on ATT for lung TB after 7 months of therapy
you got lymph node TB.
whether that lymphnode was present before or new onset.
if that was of recent onset we need to rule out drug resistant tuberculosis. send that lymphnode sample for TB culture and sensitivity
and meanwhile you need to started on cat 2 treatment.
kindly rule out immunosuppression state like diabetes or retroviral illness or taking steroids.
you need to be started on modified ATT with 2 HRZES+1HRZE+ 5 hRE or 6HR, meanwhile culture report may help modifying the duration and medications.
Hope this helps..
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How To Treat TB?

Hello, Thanks for using Healthcaremagic. i had gone through the data you have posted. so according to your description when you were on ATT for lung TB after 7 months of therapy you got lymph node TB. whether that lymphnode was present before or new onset. if that was of recent onset we need to rule out drug resistant tuberculosis. send that lymphnode sample for TB culture and sensitivity and meanwhile you need to started on cat 2 treatment. kindly rule out immunosuppression state like diabetes or retroviral illness or taking steroids. you need to be started on modified ATT with 2 HRZES+1HRZE+ 5 hRE or 6HR, meanwhile culture report may help modifying the duration and medications. Hope this helps..