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Weight Gain After TB Treatment. Side Effect Of Medicines?
Hi doctor
After my treatment of tuberculosis within a year i started gaining weight which is going on till date
I have tried everything to reduce my weight.diet exercise everything
Weight gets reduce but i gain back within few days.
I m into category of overweight
May be is this the side effect of the medicines which i took for tuberculosis treatment.
Please help me what should i do to reduce my weight
After my treatment of tuberculosis within a year i started gaining weight which is going on till date
I have tried everything to reduce my weight.diet exercise everything
Weight gets reduce but i gain back within few days.
I m into category of overweight
May be is this the side effect of the medicines which i took for tuberculosis treatment.
Please help me what should i do to reduce my weight
Mon, 29 Apr 2013
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Patients with tubewrculosis loose their weight when having active disease. This is because of malnutrition. They have deficiencies of several nutrients and once the treatment for TB is started they regain their weight as their nutritional deficiencies recover. Hence most of the patients gain weight with TB treatment. But after the treatment their weight should stabilise. The TB drugs themselves donot cause weight gain. A regular excercise and proper diet with plenty of water and fibre will stabilise ur weight. Maintenance opf weight depends on how regularly we are working out. However consult a dietician for better help.
Hope this helps u
Thanks and regards
Thanks for writing to Health Care Magic
Patients with tubewrculosis loose their weight when having active disease. This is because of malnutrition. They have deficiencies of several nutrients and once the treatment for TB is started they regain their weight as their nutritional deficiencies recover. Hence most of the patients gain weight with TB treatment. But after the treatment their weight should stabilise. The TB drugs themselves donot cause weight gain. A regular excercise and proper diet with plenty of water and fibre will stabilise ur weight. Maintenance opf weight depends on how regularly we are working out. However consult a dietician for better help.
Hope this helps u
Thanks and regards
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