Friday, June 20, 2008

My mother have Bone tuberculosis disease in her lower back bone, is this desease curable

My mother have Bone tuberculosis disease in her lower back bone, is this desease curable ?
My mother have Bone tuberculosis disease in her lower back bone, is this desease curable ? Whats the best medicine for this disease and what much time it takes to recover, she is in her initial stage right now,any information will be helpfull. Thanks.
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Tuberculosis of the spine or Pott's disease of the spine is curable as long as it's diagnosed early before its seious complications occurs...treatment is by a combination of antituberculous drugs for at least 9 -12 months.. BTW this a rare disease nowadays...could u scan the xrays and email it to me...chessdoc@yahoo.com..thanks
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Good news , she will be fine. Tuberculosis is a curable disease. Antituberculosis medicines are available in the market and are not expensive at all particularly the primary treatment. Duration of treatment schedule depends upon the location of infection. In bone TB it may vary from 6 months to one year. For bone tuberculosis, the diagnosis depends on X-ray. Once the clinician suspects TB, the aspirate from the joint is sent for microbiological investigation for identification of the causative agent - Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The patients with tuberculosis have raised ESR. Bone TB is not contagious. TB per se is treated at home these days. The practice of isolating the patient is old, and has been discontinued. TB as such may affect any organ of the body, however, involvement of heart is extremely rare
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it is. you should get her mri done. she may need operation to remove collected pus. don;t worry she will be all right. go to some good orthopedic surgeon

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Monday, June 16, 2008

How was people with tuberculosis treated

How was people with tuberculosis treated?
Were they avoided? or Killed? How did other people treat the ones with tuberculosis? i need to know how peole reacted to the people with TB. I know they were quarantined and avoided by others but what else did people do to them. Did someone kill one of them on purpose or what?
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There were Sanitariums for TB patients. These were located in areas away from cities, sometimes in the country. Patients were REQUIRED to be quarantined and or reside there for about a year or so. Rest and diet were the treatments. Many were cured if they were not too far advanced

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Is it ok to smoke when you have latent tuberculosis treatment

Is it ok to smoke when you have latent tuberculosis treatment?
I've been taking the medicine for latent tuberculosis for more than 3 months, and in the last month I've been smoking like 4-5 cigarettes a day but now i stopped. I know it is bad that's why i stopped. but does it really affect my treatment if i did smoke?
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when is it ever ok to smoke??
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DID YOU NOT JUST ANSWER YOUR OWN QUESTION???? IF YOU SMOKE IT MIGHT TAKE YOUR LIFE BUT IF YOU DON'T YOU MIGHT BEAT YOUR WIFE! HA! JUST SAY NO TO NICOTENE PAL! HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER....
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I smoked during treatment and I'm ok
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No smoking does not affect your TB treatment. It will just cause you to die a horrible death from emphysema and lung cancer instead. Good for you !!! congratulations on quitting -- please do not start back again

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