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What Are The Chances Of Recurrence Of TB Infection?
Question: Its a general question- once treated for TB, can one assume that you are immune to further afflicions of the same or are you as susseptable as the rest of the population to TB all over again?
Brief Answer:
TB cure and relapse.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
I am Dr. Neel Kudchadkar and I will help you with your query.
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that very much.
I will politely answer your question by saying that there is no such
thing as a TB sufferer who has been "cured", and then "again" get's
infected with TB, leaving us statistically with a cohort of
ex-TB sufferers who may or may not be susceptible to TB as contrasted
with the general population's base risk for contracting TB.
A person; man, woman or child who has contracted TB and has been given
medicines for the disease, may respond favourably to the treatment. Some
people will never get TB again. But those people who get TB again despite
the treatment having succeeded in the first place are not said to be
"re-infected"...They are called "relapses".
Why does such a thing happen? This is because of different TB "strains"
(subtypes). A strain of TB may be cured by a simple drug cocktail, and
yet another strain of TB may be "MDR" (Multiple Drug Resistant). To this
extent that surgical operations may be required for a "cure".
This is the exact epidemiological response to your query.
Please feel free to send any healthcare queries to me.
(Even purely academic ones. "Applied Knowledge is power")
Wishing you all the best,
Take good care of yourself.
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
Medical Consultant
healthcaremagic.com
TB cure and relapse.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
I am Dr. Neel Kudchadkar and I will help you with your query.
By the way, thanks for having faith in healthcaremagic.com
You seem to be a very educated discerning user, and I appreciate
that very much.
I will politely answer your question by saying that there is no such
thing as a TB sufferer who has been "cured", and then "again" get's
infected with TB, leaving us statistically with a cohort of
ex-TB sufferers who may or may not be susceptible to TB as contrasted
with the general population's base risk for contracting TB.
A person; man, woman or child who has contracted TB and has been given
medicines for the disease, may respond favourably to the treatment. Some
people will never get TB again. But those people who get TB again despite
the treatment having succeeded in the first place are not said to be
"re-infected"...They are called "relapses".
Why does such a thing happen? This is because of different TB "strains"
(subtypes). A strain of TB may be cured by a simple drug cocktail, and
yet another strain of TB may be "MDR" (Multiple Drug Resistant). To this
extent that surgical operations may be required for a "cure".
This is the exact epidemiological response to your query.
Please feel free to send any healthcare queries to me.
(Even purely academic ones. "Applied Knowledge is power")
Wishing you all the best,
Take good care of yourself.
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
Medical Consultant
healthcaremagic.com
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thanks for your response Dr Kudchadkar.
Am very worried as we now hear of TB cases in so called 'affluent' strata while we tradionally corelate TB with 'cleanliness' and 'behaviour'
None the less, I read its the most underfunded area of reserearch for several years now;
Thanks none the less
Regards,
XXXX
Am very worried as we now hear of TB cases in so called 'affluent' strata while we tradionally corelate TB with 'cleanliness' and 'behaviour'
None the less, I read its the most underfunded area of reserearch for several years now;
Thanks none the less
Regards,
XXXX
Brief Answer:
Thanks for your compliments. I appreciate professional eternal learners.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
You are absolutely right.
If you wish any further info on endemics, demographics and sundry miscellaneous queries of stigma carrying illnesses like TB, leprosy, venereal issues or even psychiatric conditions, kindly contact me directly at:
http://bit.ly/askdrneel
Take care.
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
Medical Consultant
healthcaremagic.com
Thanks for your compliments. I appreciate professional eternal learners.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
You are absolutely right.
If you wish any further info on endemics, demographics and sundry miscellaneous queries of stigma carrying illnesses like TB, leprosy, venereal issues or even psychiatric conditions, kindly contact me directly at:
http://bit.ly/askdrneel
Take care.
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
Medical Consultant
healthcaremagic.com
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Shanthi.E
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